by Web Editor | May 4, 2018 | News, News/PR
Oregon’s Department of Forestry on Wednesday encouraged tree and forest owners to watch for continuing drought symptoms like dead tops, dead branches, thinning canopies and stressed cone crops. Given the warm end to last summer and drier than normal winter, the agency...
by Web Editor | Nov 21, 2016 | News, News/PR
In response to heavy drought conditions in the Southeast region of the country, the Oregon Department of Forestry announced Thursday that an ODF Incident Management Team will be deployed Monday to the Party Rock Fire in North Carolina. Since Nov. 5, ODF has deployed...
by Web Editor | Jul 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Oregon timber harvest rose to 4.2 billion board feet last year, marking four straight years of improvement from the recession low of 2.72 billion board feet in 2009, the Oregon Department of Forestry said Tuesday. “This was the first harvest above four...
by Web Editor | Jul 9, 2014 | News, News/PR
Drought conditions and scorching temperatures that set a record on Monday are prompting the Oregon Department of Forestry to increase restrictions for Oregon logging sites and other commercial operations in Jackson and Josephine counties. The restrictions go into...
by Web Editor | Nov 22, 2013 | News, News/PR
Oregon Department of Forestry officials will report to a legislative committee on Thursday about the costs of the wildfire season, asking for money to balance the books. This happens every year, but this time the numbers are historic. “This was the most costly...
