FOREST GROVE, Ore – On June 30, Dominic Maze, an invasive species biologist for the City of Portland, was waiting outside a summer camp in Forest Grove to pick up his children when…
Category: Logging & Forestry
Oregon Department of Forestry Tillamook District Firewood cutting sales end Friday, July 8, 2022
The Oregon Department of Forestry, Tillamook District will stop selling Personal Firewood Permits on July 8, 2022. All permits purchased after June 17th will have a shorter cutting time and will expire…
Hampton Lumber announces local winners of high school lumber wrap design contest; Neah-Kah-Nie High School’s Rossi Nelson art selected as one of winners
Portland, OR – Early this year, Hampton Lumber launched its first lumber wrap design contest for high school students living in and around communities where the company operates sawmills. Six winning designs…
Appeals Court Decision on State Timberland Goes Against Counties; Setting Aside $1 Billion Judgment
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Oregon Court of Appeals has found the state Board of Forestry is not required to maximize logging revenues on forestland obtained from counties. Instead, the Board of Forestry must…
Lower Nehalem Watershed Council Virtual Presentation: Trees To Tap – How Forest Practices Affect Oregon’s Municipal Water, Jon Souder, OSU
On April 14th, 2022 Jon Souder, OSU’s Forest Watershed Extension Specialist will share elements of his new book Tree’s to Tap. This book summarizes the current scientific knowledge regarding the effects of…
Pioneer Museum explores ‘Power of Place’ with a new exhibit opening April 9th
TILLAMOOK, Ore. – The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum will explore Tillamook’s defining industries in its newest temporary exhibit, “The Power of Place: Tillamook’s Founding Industries,” opening April, 2022. The exhibit, which will…
Forestry department to hold informational meeting March 18th; Sets comment period for fiscal year 2023 state forest activities – March 21 – May 5
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Forestry is hosting a public informational meeting Friday, March 18, on annual operations plans for state-owned forests in fiscal year 2023. These plans lay out on-the-ground…
TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST DELIVERS $30.1 MILLION FOR COUNTY, LOCAL SERVICES ALONG WITH ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL BENEFITS
The Oregon Department of Forestry released a report to state forest trust land counties highlighting economic, environmental and social accomplishments in fiscal year 2021, including distributing $30.1 million in revenue to Tillamook,…
TWO NORTH COAST LOGGING FIRMS EARN AWARD OF MERIT FOR THEIR HARVEST PRACTICES
ASTORIA, Ore. – Two North Coast logging firms have been honored for their logging practices with an Award of Merit from the Northwest Oregon Regional Forest Practices Committee, an advisory body to…
OP/ED: A NEW DAWN FOR FORESTRY IN OREGON
By Steve Zika, CEO, Hampton Lumber Co. After nearly a year of scientific review and negotiations, timberland owners and environmental groups have reached a historic agreement to overhaul Oregon’s forest laws and…