Good progress is being made on all fires, and containment lines continue to be established. The Oregon Department of Forestry, local landowners and fire departments are working together to control the fires…
Category: Logging & Forestry
NEW TIMBER HARVEST RULES AIM TO PROTECT FISH WHILE PROVIDING LONG TERM ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Sweeping changes to the Forest Practices Act came from the unique Private Forest Accord Agreement between industry and environmental groups SALEM, Ore.— The Oregon Board of Forestry approved more than 100 changes…
“Reclaiming Our Public Trust Rights” A Zoom Forum with Professor Mary Wood Oct. 17th
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection and the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition are honored to host a special webinar with author and legal theorist Mary Cristina Wood of the University of Oregon…
The Truth about the Economics of Logging
By Cara Mico Economist Ernie Niemi presented at the North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) monthly educational series in “The Truth about the Economics of Logging” during an Online Event on…
“The Truth about the Economics of Logging” Online Event Sept. 13th
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP), which advocates to protect our local drinking-watersheds, is excited to announce an upcoming online talk with economist Ernie Niemi: “The Truth about the Economics of…
ODF NEWS: The forest pest emerald ash borer is found in Oregon for first time; Emerald ash borer arrival in Oregon will bring changes to NW streams and urban forests
SALEM, Ore – The long-anticipated arrival in Oregon this summer of the destructive emerald ash borer sharpens concerns about the impacts to urban forests, wetlands and streams. Wyatt Williams is the Oregon…
Oregon dad, invasive species biologist spots first emerald ash borers on West Coast during summer camp pickup in Forest Grove
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…
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…