Excerpts from Bend Bulletin Op-Ed… Rural Oregon faces problems that go far beyond a collapse in the housing market, however. Ranching, the mainstay of places like Mitchell and Condon, is becoming an old man’s business — the average age of the American farmer is over 57 — and young people […]

by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers BLM Ordered to Increase Timber Sale: On June 26, the DC federal district court ordered the BLM to sell the volume amount specified in its 1995 forest plans, and stop using a flawed computer model to predict exaggerated owl use in […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation AFBF reacts to inflammatory attacks in privacy lawsuit. AFBF’s Tracy Grondine reports. Grondine: The American Farm Bureau Federation recently responded to the inflammatory tactics of several environmental activist groups who have asked to intervene in AFBF’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Environmental Protection […]

Defazio, Walden & Schrader on Obama O&C veto threat Natural Resource News Note: The White House announced this week a veto threat of the pending O&C timber bill that is expected soon.  Below are three statements from three Oregon Congressmen working together to pass county help in Oregon. Congressman Peter […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter NOAA Fisheries reviewed a petition to delist the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit of coho salmon under the Endangered Species Act and found that delisting was not warranted. Click here to go to the Federal Register to read more.  

  by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Environmentalists Attack Biking: A plan prepared by the Mount Hood National Forest to build 17 miles of mountain bike trails on the slopes surrounding Timberline Lodge has been litigated by four environmental groups that filed suit in federal court over […]

National Corn Growers Association Homegrown’s all right with me. Homegrown is the way it should be. Homegrown is a good thing. Neil Young – Homegrown Grammy-winning recording artist Neil Young rocked the free world and showed he has a “heart of gold” for ethanol during a press event in Washington […]

Union County Farm Bureau condemns actions of cattle killer Union County Farm Bureau submitted a letter to the editor condemning the actions of a LaGrande resident who killed seven cows that trespassed on his property on Aug. 15.He charged with seven counts of aggravated animal abuse and first-degree criminal mischief […]

O&C Timber Bill likely in September or October Natural Resource Note: Congressman Greg Walden has been pressing for a bill for the O&C forest lands and now it appears to be likely to fall in September or October.  The issue made the leadership agenda among  10 other major items to […]

Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn PhD. Umpqua Coquille LLC Interest rates increased last month, but real estate sales rose, as if homebuyers wanted to catch the bottom. Log prices dropped a lot, and lumber only somewhat, helping the mills. Seven-year trend of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage statistics are […]