Thinning Work Lowers Oregon Fire Impact

Racing through tinder-dry pine forests and scrub land northeast of Klamath Falls in south central Oregon, the Bootleg fire is one of the nation’s largest at more than 350,000 acres and is about 80% contained currently. Early evidence is showing that managed and...

Oregon Road Closures Hit Log Truck Routes

Oregon forest products operators are facing more challenges thanks to the indefinite closure of key state highway transportation routes that connect the high Cascades and central Oregon with key  log markets in the Willamette Valley. The closures are just the latest...

Oregon Salamander Lives With Logging

Following a seven-year study of 88 timber tracts across Oregon’s western Cascade Range, researchers have concluded no “discernable difference” in populations and occupancy of a rare salamander on recently harvested stands compared to stands older than 50...

Forest Service Considers Rule Change

The U.S. Forest Service is considering a rule change on six national forests in eastern Oregon and Washington that would allow the harvesting of trees with a diameter of greater than 21 in.—a change that would end a long-standing provision in the region. Dating back...

Weather Boosts 2020 OLC Crowd

EUGENE, Oregon – Sunny weather and the latest logging technology and services were both in abundance at the 82nd Annual Oregon Logging Conference (OLC) in late February as thousands of people visited the three-day show, including more than 1,500 high school and...