by Web Editor | Mar 26, 2018 | News, News/PR
From: Timber Harvesting Editors Oregon’s State Board of Forestry recently recognized its 2017 Forest Operators of the Year, an award that recognizes contractors who consistently exceed Oregon Forest Practices Act standards voluntarily and also help improve public...
by Web Editor | Jan 31, 2018 | News, News/PR
From: Timber Harvesting Editors An Oregon district judge has refused to dismiss a 2016 lawsuit filed by counties with state forests within their borders that claimed state officials have refused to maximize timber revenues from lands that counties donated to the state...
by Web Editor | Feb 27, 2017 | News, News/PR
Environmental groups are pressuring Governor Kate Brown and the Oregon Board of Forestry to find new leadership on forestry issues and increase protections for coastal drinking water flowing through private forestland. That push accompanies legislative efforts to...
by Web Editor | Jul 27, 2016 | News, News/PR
A slowdown in log exports to Asia, the end of a trade deal between the United States and Canada, and a busy fire season all contributed to a roughly 8 percent decline in Oregon’s timber harvest last year. Loggers cut 3.79 billion board feet of timber last year from...
by Web Editor | Nov 16, 2015 | News, News/PR
Oregon Expands Streamside No-Logging Zones The Oregon Board of Forestry voted in early November to double the no-logging buffer zone along small- and medium-sized streams in western Oregon in response to a lawsuit that state forestry regulations don’t do enough...
