By Rick Sohn, PhD Coquille Lumber Lumber prices are strong, and log prices are stronger, continuing to set a sustained-price record. Rising mortgage rates are still relatively low while other statistics also point to market strength. Recent trends of lumber, logs, home construction, and housing markets, are reviewed in this […]

By American Farm Bureau, As farmers and ranchers suffer under an agriculture recession entering its fifth year, the American Farm Bureau Federation and more than 300 other organizations are calling on House members to stand firmly against amendments to the farm bill (H.R. 2) that would hurt farm and ranch […]

By Oregon State University, A decade-long study of cutthroat trout in the Oregon Coast Range has found that logging practices conducted in accord with the Oregon Forest Practices Act had no adverse impacts on coastal cutthroat trout and coho salmon populations or movements. In studies of logging practices prior to […]

By Josh Lehner, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Oregon regularly ranks as the 10th to 15th most trade-dependent state in the nation, depending upon the year. The Brookings Institute goes so far as to rank the Portland region as a Top 10 most trade-dependent metropolitan area. And a lot of […]

By Oregon Prosperity Project, In October of 2017 the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) compiled finalized draft rules to establish a new Cleaner Air Oregon program. The draft rules would have created a costly regulatory program that would do little to improve the state’s air […]

By National Cattlemen Beef Association, The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association submitted official comments to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) outlining key principles for the regulation of fake meat products. The comments, filed in response to Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) Petition Number 18-01, encourage USDA to look beyond […]

  By John Charles Cascade Policy Institute Oregon owns 1.5 million acres of School Trust Lands that must be managed for the benefit of public education. When profits are earned, the money goes into the Common School Fund, an endowment. Last year, the Fund distributed more than $70 million to […]

By By Josh Rolph, California Farm Bureau, Early collaboration and preparation helped to produce a House farm bill that includes many Farm Bureau priorities as the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, H.R. 2, passed the House Agriculture Committee. The bill passed last week with strong opposition from the Democratic […]

By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, A two-year-old male cougar that traveled all the way into downtown The Dalles and into a hotel complex was euthanized today after wildlife managers determined it was a public safety risk. At 9:30 a.m. today, City of The Dalles Police responded to an […]

By Cascade Policy Institute, How Does Oregon Compare with Other Western States in Management of Public Lands? Join Cascade Policy Institute on Thursday, April 26, at noon for our monthly Policy Picnic Cascade Policy Institute recently commissioned economist Eric Fruits, Ph.D. to do a comparative analysis of nine Western states […]