by Web Editor | Mar 5, 2018 | News, News/PR
A commercial logging bill left “in limbo” has been declared dead for the session. Senate Bill 270, which would have allowed commercial logging in state parks to pay for park maintenance, was left in the Senate’s Natural Resources Committee about three weeks ago, when...
by Web Editor | Feb 26, 2018 | News, News/PR
According to the Oregon Employment Department, the wood products industry is experiencing s slight rebound, as companies in central Oregon are expected to hire nearly 3,000 workers over the next six years. Wood product manufacturing is still one of the biggest...
by Web Editor | Feb 23, 2018 | News, News/PR
It’s not the way we fight wildfires in the West that’s the problem. The problem is the way we manage our fire-dependent forests. Since 2000, 154 wildfires in the region have cost over $20 million each to control. Many of them cost several times more. Together, these...
by Web Editor | Feb 12, 2018 | News, News/PR
Bill Burke spent nearly 24 hours underground after falling into a 16-foot sinkhole while working as a logger in the state of Washington. “Next thing I know, one foot went down and then both my feet went down. And next thing I know, I’m up to my arms. And then all at...
by Web Editor | Feb 7, 2018 | News, News/PR
After decades of declining timber harvests and forest restoration projects, the Colville National Forest has turned a corner and is dramatically increasing both. According to recent forest management estimates, the forest is poised to be the No. 1 forest products...
by Web Editor | Feb 5, 2018 | News, News/PR
Last year’s intense fire season led to calls for more “treatment” of federal forests to remove excess fuel that can make for bigger, hotter wildfires. In November, House Republicans — including Oregon’s Second District Representative Greg Walden — passed a...
