by Web Editor | Nov 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
Colorado’s U.S. Senator Mark Udall, a strong voice for proactively reducing wildfire risk throughout Colorado, led a bipartisan and bicameral letter pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to partner with the timber industry to reduce wildfire risks in...
by Web Editor | Oct 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
A federal judge Thursday allowed loggers to go back to work on national forests without waiting for federal agencies to send out paperwork lifting logging bans prompted by the government shutdown. Following a hearing in Medford, U.S. District Judge Owen Panner signed...
by Web Editor | Jun 3, 2013 | News, News/PR
Despite years of overall industry drop-off, timber still is king in Cowlitz County, Washington, at least when it comes to wages. According to a Thursday report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, loggers and sawmill workers in Cowlitz County earn a higher hourly...
by Web Editor | Mar 25, 2013 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected increased regulation of logging road runoff, ruling on Oregon-based lawsuits that the timber industry warned would cause regulatory chaos. In a 7-1 decision, the court reversed a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling...
by Web Editor | Feb 22, 2013 | News, News/PR
The man in charge of resource management for 20 million acres of national forest land in California believes it’s time the government and timber industry start doing a better job of working together. Speaking Thursday morning at the Sierra Cascade Logging Conference,...
