by Web Editor | Aug 23, 2013 | News, News/PR
A Congress not known for reaching agreements is set to vote on a possible solution to the budget problems plaguing Oregon’s timber counties. Oregon counties that contain large tracts of public land managed by the federal government traditionally shared in the...
by Web Editor | Aug 14, 2013 | News, News/PR
Recent rainfall and humidity helped firefighters working on several Oregon wildfires, known as the Douglas Complex fires, Friday and Saturday, and the complex is now 48 percent contained, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. Some parts of the 44,411-acre...
by Web Editor | Jul 26, 2013 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has postponed three Oregon timber sales, saying that it needs time to consider a federal court decision that ordered it to sell more timber in Southern Oregon. However, a timber industry group has filed an emergency motion asking the...
by Web Editor | Jul 10, 2013 | News, News/PR
Oregon’s timber harvest reached 3.75 billion board feet in 2012, continuing a recovery from the crash of the housing market and the depths of the recession. In 2009, loggers cut 2.75 billion board feet, but the harvest has increased each year since. The...
by Web Editor | Jun 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
A Senate committee on Tuesday endorsed legislation to extend federal subsidies for Oregon timber counties one more year, and to protect more wilderness and wild rivers. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said the two bills are part of his effort to solve the funding crisis for...