Forest Policy Briefs (Excerpts) by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Oregon Asks Supreme Court to Take Runoff Case: Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber announced that the State of Oregon will ask the US Supreme Court to review a flawed 2010 ruling by the 9th US Circuit Court of […]

By Oregon Small Business Association NBC Nightly News and the National Interagency Fire Agency Center ran this wildfire chart this week that shows a large number of active wildfires across the American West. Oregonians across the state have been seeing evidence of the wildfires with increased smoke and haze in […]

Eco-nomics and Newspaper Economics: Solar Manufacturing By Patrick Emerson, Oregon Economics Blog This is a post with two themes. Both are based on the interesting article from the New York Times, which appears on the front page of the Oregonian’s Business section today, on the bankruptcies of US solar manufacturers […]

BLM SELLS TIMBER IN BENTON AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES By Bureau of Land Management Salem, Ore — Approximately 11,898 thousand board feet (MBF) of timber was offered for sale at oral auction by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Salem District on Wednesday, August 24. Two of the three timber sales […]

Senate Agriculture Spending Bill Unveiled By National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition On Wednesday, September 7, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed its fiscal year (FY) 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill by voice vote. The Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee received an overall allocation of $19.78 billion for discretionary spending in FY 2012, translating to a […]

By Renewable Fuels Association Washington – While oil and environmental interests seek to block the growth of the ethanol market in the United States, other nations around the world are increasing their use of American-made ethanol. According to data released today by the federal government, U.S. ethanol exports in July […]

News re-cap on local summer news item that has been popular on the web. Nick Sitts heard a pop and bailed out—seconds before his car exploded. “With every solar vehicle, you have to be able to get out in 10 seconds,” said Hai Yue Han, co-captain of the Oregon State […]

Historic Partnership Approved to Protect, Preserve and Enhance Public Lands Ranching — Public Lands Council Approves Public Lands Endowed Trust with Ruby Pipeline By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association PARK CITY, UTAH – The Public Lands Council (PLC) today, Sept. 7, 2011, voted to approve the creation of the Public Lands […]

Johnna Miller, Director of Media Development, interview By American Farm Bureau Federation Congress isn’t winning any popularity contests these days, but they may finally address an issue that could win them some favor with the nation’s farmers. American Farm Bureau Labor Specialist Paul Schlegel talks about it with AFBF’s Johnna […]

Rick Sohn Umpqua Coquille LLC Our snail’s pace recovery is faltering with most indicators giving up 2 months or more of gain. See below for details and a six-year span of prices and analysis of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage stats. Information and interpretation. Last month’s newsletter highlighted the snail’s […]