by Web Editor | Jun 9, 2014 | News, News/PR
Three Oregon environmental groups filed a notice of intent to sue timber companies and stop them from logging on three parcels of the Elliott State Forest. Seneca Jones and Scott Timber bought the parcels from the Department of State Lands for a combined $4.2 million...
by Web Editor | Apr 14, 2014 | News, News/PR
The state of Oregon will consider selling the whole Elliott State Forest, where legal battles over logging and protections for threatened species have reduced revenues for schools. Jim Paul, assistant director of the Department of State Lands, said Friday the forest...
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 | Nov 27, 2013 | News, News/PR
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has introduced a forest bill that sets the stage for sweeping changes in the management of 2.1 million acres of federal forest in Western Oregon. The bill attempts to resolve decades of lawsuits over the Bureau of Land Management’s so-called...