By American Farm Bureau Federation West Virginia farmer Lois Alt’s victory in court stands after the five environmental groups that sided with the Environmental Protection Agency against Alt took their cue from the agency and dropped their appeal. “We are proud of Lois Alt for courageously standing by her convictions […]

By Oregon Cattlemen Association With latest wolf depredation, Oregon ranchers now wait to see what happens next “It’s a negative thing to kill a wolf and for it to come to that. It’s one of those no-win situations that we get into as an industry.” Since 2009, Oregon ranchers have […]

By Rick Sohn, PHd, Umpqua Coquille LLC Timber Industry Report September 30, 2014 Log and lumber prices remain unseasonably strong. Family owned mills, optimistic about demand, are making over $100 million in machinery and electronics investments in the near future. Yet, regional Federal forests are drowning in wood, with nowhere […]

By American Forest Resource Council Litigation Against Douglas Complex Salvage Project Reveals Disregard for Rural Communities, Forest Rehabilitation On August 1, Cascadia Wildlands, Oregon Wild and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in Oregon federal district court to block salvage of timber from the Bureau of Land Management’s […]