The Jackson County Board of Commissioners discussed a significant legislative victory this morning following the enactment of H.R. 6938. The federal appropriations bill restores the historic 75 ...
This change marks a 50 percent increase in revenue for Jackson County annually. The bill's passage is considered a major ...
A federal judge vacated approvals for three logging projects in Oregon and ruled the U.S. Forest Service could not use a ...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in November sold a combined 20.9 million board feet of timber across 1,242 public acres in Oregon, Idaho and Montana for $5,283,736, which exceeded appraised values ...
The U.S. Forest Service unlawfully exempted certain timber projects aimed at restoring wildlife habitat and reducing wildfire hazards from environmental analysis, according to a federal judge.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Bureau of Land Management will offer six timber sales in September, totalling 39.7 million board feet to be harvested from 3,470 public acres across western Oregon. Timber ...
The Jewell School District in Clatsop County plans to “bet the farm” to overturn a habitat conservation plan that threatens the district’s timber funding Officials with a tiny school district nestled ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Trump administration is taking steps to boost logging in national forests across the United States, raising some concerns for organizations in Oregon. On March 1, President ...
President Trump issued executive orders to increase timber production on federal lands and address wood product imports. The timber industry supports the orders, while environmental groups oppose them ...
EUGENE, Ore. — A major boost could be coming to Oregon's mass timber industry. Researchers at the University of Oregon led an initiative that has just been selected as a semi-finalist for the National ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Forests in the Pacific Northwest may be losing value due to wildfire risk and volatile timber pricing, according to a new analysis. Researchers at Oregon State University ...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that the USDA memo’s emergency designation covers nearly 60% of Forest Service land, rolling back forest protections, as reported by the ...