by Web Editor | Jan 15, 2016 | News, News/PR
An Oregon county that claims the state mismanaged Oregon Forest Trust Lands and cost it and others millions of dollars in lost revenue for schools and public safety is threatening to file a class-action lawsuit seeking $1.4 billion. Linn County notified the governor...
by Web Editor | Jan 30, 2015 | News, News/PR
Environmentalists want to stop an Oregon logging project they claim is a “test case” for clear-cutting trees on the verge of becoming “old growth” stands. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved logging on 187 acres near Myrtle Creek, Ore., as part of the “White...
by Web Editor | Apr 4, 2014 | News, News/PR
A prominent Oregon timber company’s bid to purchase state forest land in Oregon is hitting a nerve with environmentalists who say it could lead to logging on the habitat of species protected by state and federal laws. The Seneca Jones Timber Co. has submitted a bid on...
by Web Editor | Jan 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
Two conservation groups are challenging the proposed D-Bug logging sale on Umpqua National Forest lands near Crater Lake National Park. Oregon Wild and Cascadia Wildlands filed a notice of intent in late December challenging the D-Bug timber sale old-growth logging...
by Web Editor | Nov 21, 2012 | News, News/PR
The state of Oregon has withdrawn more than 900 acres of planned timber sales in Elliott State Forest, pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by environmentalists. The Oregon Department of Forestry plans instead to open 465 acres of alternative logging sites that were...