Monday, May 20, 2013
SHINGLETOWN, Calif. -- Organizers of a salvage logging demonstration here May 14 might have appreciated how a group of high school seniors from Anderson, Calif., evaluated what they saw. "I think it's good to see," Connor McCone said. "They're taking what's left of (the forest) and being really e ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:13 PM
Rural Oregon county commissioners on May 14 announced a new organization supporting congressional action on active management of federal forests in Oregon. The Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities organization hopes to educate citizens on current federal policies and describe how the policies nega ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:01 PM
The U.S. Forest Service has named a new deputy regional forester for the agency's Oregon and Washington region. Becki Lockett Heath, currently supervisor of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, will be one of two deputy regional foresters assisting Regional Forester Kent Connaughton. "In m ...
Friday, May 10, 2013 9:58 AM
Washington State University Extension is putting its forestry courses online. The extension service recently launched Forest Stewardship University, which is taught by experts and comparable to in-person forestry workshops, said Kevin Zobrist, WSU Extension educator. He said the program faced ...
Wednesday, May 01, 2013 9:08 AM
The Weyerhaeuser Co. reports that timberlands in the West are in a better position to benefit from the housing recovery than those in the South. Log demand has rebounded more in the West because the region was able to capitalize on healthy exports to the Pacific Rim even before domestic usage i ...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:48 PM
SALEM -- The Oregon House has given unanimous approval to a bill to create a system for determining the cost of wildfire damage. House Bill 3201, which is designed to help landowners avoid unsubstantiated loss claims, passed the House on April 29 by a vote of 55-0. HB3201 was drafted in respo ...
Monday, April 29, 2013 5:36 PM
ANDERSON, Calif. -- Jim Arney foresees a troubled time for the timber industry for reasons that have little to do with the economy or spotted owls. In 2002, Arney helped form the Portland, Ore.-based Forest Biometrics Research Institute, which guides timber producers on the technical work of givi ...
Friday, April 19, 2013 10:38 AM
SACRAMENTO - Some members of Congress are ridiculing a proposal to give Endangered Species Act protections to a woodpecker that purportedly thrives on intense wildfires. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking comments on the potential listing of the black-backed woodpecker, which feeds on ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 4:24 PM
Forest land owners will learn how to tackle the western spruce budworm and pine bark beetle in upcoming workshops. Washington has declared forest health hazard warnings in parts of Okanogan, Ferry, Klickitat and Yakima counties because of the pests, which are found throughout the Pacific Northwes ...
Tuesday, April 09, 2013 4:58 PM
The U.S. Forest Service must study competition between threatened spotted owls and barred owls before proceeding with a timber project in an Oregon national forest. A federal judge has blocked logging on more than 2,000 acres in the Willamette National Forest, including about 450 acres of spotted o ...
Friday, April 05, 2013 10:54 AM
A string of legal victories in federal court has strengthened the hand of timber and grazing interests in legal disputes over public land, according to an industry attorney. Opinions by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and federal judges in recent years have established several principles th ...
Wednesday, April 03, 2013 3:52 PM
SALEM -- Charley Coury drove to Salem from his wood products company in Springfield March 27 to urge lawmakers to increase funding for Oregon State University's Forest Research Laboratory. Coury, general manager of 9Wood Inc., displayed to lawmakers in the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education ...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 10:34 AM
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- A timber industry group has filed a lawsuit challenging the latest habitat protections for the northern spotted owl, a threatened species. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday against the secretary of Interior and U.S. Fish and ...
Friday, March 22, 2013 9:50 AM
Four tree farms are vying to be honored as the state Tree Farmer of the Year, which will be named at the April 26 meeting of the Washington Farm Forestry Association. The American Tree Farm System, which includes 29 million acres of privately owned forest land nationwide, has established standa ...
Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:48 AM
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that runoff from logging roads isn't subject to Clean Water Act permits, reversing a previous federal appeals court ruling. In 2010, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the runoff is subject to Clean Water Act permitting rules as a "point source" of ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 9:17 AM
REDDING, Calif. - Federal fire officials gave a spirited defense of their sometimes controversial decisions to let some wildfires burn through timberland in rural areas. Conducting prescribed burns or managing - but not actively suppressing - naturally ignited fires that aren't an immediate thr ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:37 PM
A federal judge has resurrected an Idaho county's lawsuit against road closures on national forest land that had been dismissed last year. Valley County filed a complaint against the U.S. Forest Service in 2011, claiming the agency's road policy violates federal law. It was consolidated with ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:36 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a lawsuit over the federal government's obligations to study the environmental effects of large-scale land management plans. The case pertains to 11 national forests within California's Sierra Nevada mountain range but could have more sweeping implica ...
Monday, March 18, 2013 10:13 AM
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) -- As logging slows, seven jobs will be cut from the state forestry office in Coos Bay. Department of Forestry spokesman Rod Nichols says the cuts will come from 23 positions that handle the management plan for the Elliott State Forest. The World newspaper in Coo ...
Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:10 AM
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- A tree farmer serving in the Legislature wants to put tougher penalties on people who chain themselves to equipment and block roads to stop logging on state forests. "There's been a 30-year reign of terror by these people having no respect for the rights of ...
Friday, March 08, 2013 4:34 PM
Democrat reports the $24.5 million purchase of Preservation Ranch would shield the land from a controversial vineyard project pushed by the California Public Employees' Retirement System. The land is being bought by The Conservation Fund, California Coastal Conservancy, Sonoma Land Trust and the c ...
Thursday, March 07, 2013 12:00 PM
ANNAPOLIS, Calif. (AP) -- Conservation groups are hailing an agreement to buy and protect nearly 20,000 acres of timberland from expanding vineyards near the Sonoma County coast. The Santa Rosa newspaper reports the $24.5 million purchase of Preservation Ranch would shield the land from a controver ...
Thursday, March 07, 2013 12:00 PM
The March 23 Family Forest Expo will be a hands-on, interactive educational event for families who own forestland in Washington. The expo, presented by Washington State University Extension, will include information on stewardship practices, advice from agency and natural resource professionals in ...
Monday, March 04, 2013 2:50 PM
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- The Legislature is working on bills designed to help rural timber counties that go broke if taxpayers refuse to fill the gap left by declining federal logging revenues. The idea is to make it possible for counties like Curry and Josephine to declare bankruptcy, m ...
Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:28 PM
ANDERSON, Calif. -- A state air-quality official shocked the audience at the Sierra Cascade Logging Conference here by pledging that new agriculture-specific diesel regulations to be written this year will apply only in the San Joaquin Valley. California Air Resources Board pollution specialist T ...
Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:00 PM
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- Three timber counties are asking voters to raise their taxes to restore deep cuts to law enforcement forced by the expiration of a longstanding federal subsidy. Residents of Lane, Curry and Josephine counties will be voting this May on measures to fund law enforcemen ...
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