EDITOR’S NOTE: The Pioneer posted the Oregon Forest and Industries Council “press release” as an Op/Ed, along with several reponses to the inaccurate information and scare tactics contained in the commentary. See…
Category: Logging & Forestry
OP/ED: Oregon Dept. of Forestry Mishandles Plan for State Forests; Data Reveals Plan Forces Budgets into the Red
OIOpublisher [SALEM, February 8, 2023] – Last week, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) revealed the agency used inaccurate modeling data to develop a plan to manage over 600,00 acres of Oregon’s state forests…
TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST DELIVERS $30.5 MILLION FOR COUNTY, LOCAL SERVICES ALONG WITH SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
The Oregon Department of Forestry released a report to state forest trust land counties highlighting social, economic and environmental accomplishments in fiscal year 2022, including distributing $30.5 million to Tillamook, Washington and…
Hampton Lumber Establishes $100K Endowment for Forestry and Manufacturing and Industrial Technology (MIT) Students at Tillamook Bay Community College
Hampton Lumber & Family Forests is pleased to announce the creation of a Hampton Lumber Scholarship endowment for Tillamook Bay Community College (TBCC). The endowment will provide scholarships for students in TBCC’s…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY – FIRE UPDATE: Clatsop County 11/19/22
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…
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…