Thursday, February 09, 2012
The U.S. Forest Service violated environmental law by approving a plan to greatly increase allowable logging levels on national forests in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, according to a federal appeals court. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned federal judge's ruling that ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:30 PM
GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho and Clearwater county officials say a plan by the U.S. Forest Service to relocate the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest supervisor's offices from Grangeville and Orofino will hurt those communities. Idaho County Commissioner James Rockwell tells the Lewiston ...
Sunday, February 05, 2012 1:28 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court says environmental laws were violated in the lead-up to the Bush administration's 2004 decision to expand logging in California's Sierra forests. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled on Friday that the U.S. Forest Service f ...
Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:27 PM
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) -- Weyerhaeuser Co.'s fourth-quarter net income sank 62 percent compared to a year ago when the lumber and real estate company's results included a $119 million after-tax gain. The performance topped Wall Street expectations. Its shares rose 63 cents, or 3.1 percent ...
Friday, February 03, 2012 8:47 AM
SALEM -- On Feb. 1, Oregon State Forester Doug Decker completed his first year at the helm of the state Department of Forestry. Decker, who began with the department in 1987 as a public affairs specialist, rose to state forest division chief prior to the Board of Forestry selecting him to succeed ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:00 AM
The Obama administration has announced $40 million is going to new forest restoration projects intended to boost timber production and create jobs while making forests healthier and less vulnerable to wildfire. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday over the next three years the ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:15 PM
By SCOTTA CALLISTER East Oregonian Publishing Group WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two collaborative restoration projects on federal forests in eastern Oregon will gain $6 million in funding for 2012 as part of a sweeping strategy announced Thursday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The funding inclu ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:05 PM
A bill to change the state's funding formula for fighting wildfires is among the farm and forestry bills expected to come before lawmakers in the legislative session that started Feb. 1. The bill, backed by the Oregon Small Woodlands Association, calls for evenly splitting the cost of fighting wi ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 1:00 PM
OLYMPIA -- A state legislator wants to reduce the amount of paperwork required for several standard timber practices. In a public hearing before the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Rep. Ed Orcutt said his bill would drop a requirement that costs the state, taxpayers and for ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:00 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport have discovered the larvae of a destructive timber pest in a cargo crate from Germany. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists say Horntail Wasp larvae had infested the crate, which had pest-free treatment ma ...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 7:54 AM
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- Members of Oregon's congressional delegation recognize they face an uphill battle on legislation to forge short- and long-term solutions to the fiscal problems facing timber counties, but they said Thursday they remain confident they can pull it off once again. D ...
Friday, January 27, 2012 8:37 AM
David Hillesland discovered his talent as a chainsaw artist after breaking his neck in a fall and being temporarily paralyzed. He now wants to use his newfound skills to help others dealing with physical challenges. Hillesland, 30, is a chainsaw sculptor who retains enough of his early career as ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration says new rules to manage nearly 200 million acres of national forests will protect watersheds and wildlife while promoting uses ranging from recreation to logging. The new rules, to replace guidelines thrown out by a federal court in 2009, are s ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:56 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration says new rules to manage nearly 200 million acres of national forests will protect watersheds and wildlife while promoting uses ranging from recreation to logging. The new rules, to replace guidelines thrown out by a federal court in 2009, are s ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:56 AM
CONWAY, N.H. (AP) -- Police in Conway, N.H., say damage from vandalism to equipment belonging to a logging company runs into the tens of thousands of dollars. Detective Sgt. Al Broyer tells WMWV radio a worker arriving at a wood lot in Fryeburg, Maine, early Wednesday discovered two logg ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:46 AM
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Gov. John Kitzhaber says some local government work could be regionalized to help rural counties struggling with the expiration of federal timber payments. Kitzhaber and legislative leaders spoke on Tuesday to editors of Oregon newspapers that are members of The Associ ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:14 PM
SNOHOMISH, Wash. (AP) -- A lumber mill that has been in business for 70 years in Snohomish is closing in March, putting 50 people out of work. Seattle-Snohomish Mill owner Megan McMurray said the slow housing and construction industry was a major factor in the decision. The Daily He ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:43 AM
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - Jack Felgenhauer always sought to be a leader when he was active in agriculture, and now he's working to invest in future leaders. Felgenhauer recently donated $100,000 to the Washington Agriculture Forestry and Education Foundation. He said he was one of the people who w ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:00 PM
STAR, N.C. (AP) -- Three people were killed and two injured, including the gunman, after a shooting at a lumber company by a man witnesses said was an employee. Sheriff Dempsey Owens says four people were shot early Friday in the McBride Lumber Co. just north of Star. Owens says three pe ...
Friday, January 13, 2012 8:32 AM
The timber industry traditionally had a "bulletproof" approach toward building logging roads, according to forest hydrologist Curt Veldhuisen. The strategy focused on redirecting water flow and reinforcing roads to withstand the destructive pressures exerted by it, he said. Now, the industry is ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:00 PM
A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Interior Department can stop defending a controversial logging plan for Western Oregon. Last year, the agency sided with environmentalists in a lawsuit and asked another federal court to overturn the Western Oregon Plan Revisions. The WOPR would have doubled logg ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:00 AM
The U.S. Forest Service owes money to a timber company for authorizing a logging project that was later blocked by environmental litigation. The agency is financially liable for not disclosing key legal matters to Timber Products Co. of Springfield, Ore., according to a federal judge. The Forest ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:00 PM
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has withdrawn its support for a proposed land exchange in central Idaho. Under the Upper Lochsa Land Exchange, Western Pacific Timber would trade its inholdings in the Clearwater National Forest along the Lochsa River for federally owned parcels elsewhere in the ...
Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:00 AM
PORTLAND -- Changes in China's housing market and the prospect of increased competition from Russia have created uncertainty in the outlook for U.S. log exports. Even so, experts say the long-term trend for softwood log exports to China from the Pacific Northwest remains positive because housing ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:00 AM
The U.S. Supreme Court appears to have taken an interest in a lawsuit over whether logging roads are subject to Clean Water Act permits. The nation's highest court has asked the federal government to weigh in with its position in the case, which has far-reaching consequences for forestland owners ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011 10:00 AM
PORTLAND -- Japan's recovery from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami isn't expected to significantly boost that country's demand for U.S. logs, according to a timber expert. The rebuilding process is likely to be slow, since some coastal cities may need to be moved farther inland, said Grad Kitselma ...
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