Oregon Logging Conference Opens Doors To Students

by | Feb 25, 2015 | News, News/PR

Competitions, industry accreditation seminars and displays of the latest in timber management equipment were the most obvious components of the 77th Annual Oregon Logging Conference held Feb. 19-21, at the Lane County Fairgrounds in Eugene. Less visible were the more...

Oregon Logging Rules May Be Altered For Salmon

by | Sep 5, 2014 | News, News/PR

Oregon’s state Board of Forestry is working on balancing a healthy timber industry with healthy salmon runs. It would be the first change to the riparian protections of the Oregon Forest Practices Act since 1994. The question was raised by a 2011 study that...

Oregon Senator Announces Hearing On O&C Lands Bill

by | Jan 20, 2014 | News, News/PR

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced the Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the O&C Lands Act of 2013 on February 6. The bill will double the timber harvest on O&C Lands in 18 Oregon counties, giving mills and rural communities a...

Oregon Senator’s Timber Bill To Be Introduced

by | Dec 20, 2013 | News, News/PR

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden is introducing his long-awaited timber bill to promote logging on national forests in Eastern Oregon. The Oregon Democrat’s Senate Natural Resources Committee is to take up the bill today. Timber industry and conservation groups that had...