Update on Current Policy News Affecting Forest Business & Timber Supply by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manger Associated Oregon Loggers, Forest Stimulus Spending $1 Billion:  Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell announced that the agency would spend $1.15 billion in 2009 on its Economic Recovery Program.  The USFS claims its programs […]

Oregon Department of Forestry:  The Oregon Board of Forestry will meet on Monday, April 20, to discuss legislation that would alter the management focus of state-owned forests. House Bill 3072 calls for a change in the “greatest permanent value” rule, which directs that Oregon’s state forests be managed as “healthy, […]

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University is seeking comments on a statewide study of sustainable agriculture in order to gauge potential for establishing a new program to help the agriculture and food business communities meet sustainability standards.

Weekend National News Focus: American Farm Bureau Federation, April 16, 2009 – American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman said that the latest government statistics prove ethanol played only a minimal role in last year’s food price increases. During a call today with reporters, Stallman said a Congressional Budget Office […]

By Oregon Association of Nurseries, Daily Digger Blog, Major agricultural producers from Oregon met today with U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) to ask for his help in resolving a costly trade dispute between Mexico and the United States. There’s a press release about it here (PDF). The issue came to […]

Dave Hunnicutt Oregonians In Action, The Oregon Court of Appeals issued a decision today that requires Multnomah County to pay $1,150,000 to the Estate of Dorothy English.  At long last, Dorothy has finally won!!!  The Court rejected and reversed a lower decision by the Multnomah County Circuit Court, which had […]

Tammy Dennee, Executive Director Oregon Wheat Grower’s League Excerpt from Director’s Corner: April 17th is the deadline for bills to be heard. Any bills not moving by April 17th will be declared dead. Of the more than 3,000 pieces of introduced legislation, the League currently has placed more than 200 […]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife – Spring is a time of renewal in Oregon and around the Pacific Northwest. It is also the time of year when bears wake up from their long winter naps and come out of their dens to look for food. Unfortunately, many of these […]

Joint Ways & Means Committee takes it on the Road By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Support OFS If you are concerned about the funding of any state agency programs, it is urgent that you attend one of the following meetings to express your views.  An excellent example would be […]

Most California fisheries still closed; seasons in north improved over last year By Pacific Fishery Management Council, MILLBRAE, Ca – For the second year in a row, the Pacific Fishery Management Council today closed commercial and most recreational salmon fisheries off the coast of California in response to the collapse […]