by Web Editor | Jul 26, 2017 | News, News/PR
A pioneering forest restoration management program has melded leading edge science and community consensus to protect a volatile and highly visible swath of Central Oregon’s public lands from the mounting threats of climate change and a catastrophic Central Oregon...
by Web Editor | Apr 13, 2016 | News, News/PR
New plans released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) would increase logging on the agency’s 2.5 million acres west of the Cascades summit — but don’t expect more chain saws to fire up anytime soon. As expected, the BLM plan ran into an immediate...
by Web Editor | 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...
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 | Aug 14, 2013 | News, News/PR
Recent rainfall and humidity helped firefighters working on several Oregon wildfires, known as the Douglas Complex fires, Friday and Saturday, and the complex is now 48 percent contained, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. Some parts of the 44,411-acre...