The Oregon Department of Forestry Department announced this week that the State Forester, Marvin Brown, is leaving at the close of 2010.  Below are some quotes on the resignation and the official press release from the Department of Forestry. Business Week: Jim Geisinger, executive director of Associated Oregon Loggers, said […]

Foundation CEO Jeff Raikes Calls for Innovation and Partnership to Help the World’s Smallholder Farmers Overcome Hunger and Poverty — Speaking at the World Food Prize, Raikes says, “What’s required of us is our unfailing commitment to the cause of agricultural development.” By Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation DES MOINES, […]

Oregon Natural Resource News Note: Below is a Tuesday Oregonian newspaper Editorial Board statement on the eve of President Obama’s visit.  The open letter is very forward in asking for Obama’s help and attention to Oregon’s issues of forest policy, land-use and trade issues. Oregonian Editorial: Look down as you […]

How one local natural resource group is trimming down By Oregon Forest Resource Institute OFRI has successfully negotiated a new six-year lease that allows it to continue working from its downtown Portland location in the historic U.S. National Bank building, 317 SW Sixth Ave., through June 2016. The new lease […]

Update on Current Policy News Affecting Forest Business & Timber Supply by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Oregon Association of Loggers ODF Spending Shrinks: At the OR Dept. of Forestry, severe budget cuts affected spending in the past year, forcing personnel layoffs and deep service reductions in ODF’s key programs: […]

Buying local firewood protects Oregon forestry and ag — Imported firewood is a major pathway for invasive species By Oregon Department of Agriculture Buy local has a whole new meaning when it comes to protecting Oregon from invasive species this fall and winter. Consumers are urged not to purchase firewood […]

Hunters: Return turkey crops for research By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife SALEM, Ore.—Successful turkey hunters, please return your turkey’s crop (the thin, transparent sack at the base of the turkey’s neck) to ODFW for a research project. Oregon State University, ODFW and Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife […]

RFA, Ethanol Leaders Dismiss Anti-Ethanol “Red Herrings” Renewable Fuels Association, Washington – Ethanol leaders today preempted a planned press conference from an alliance of anti-renewable fuel voices by dismissing yet again their playbook to halt the expansion in America’s renewable fuel industry. The American Coalition for Ethanol, Growth Energy, the […]

U.S. Wheat Stocks Remain High Despite Brisk Export Sales Chad Weigand, U.S. Wheat Associates Market Analyst National Association of Wheat Growers The recent Russian drought and government ban on wheat exports set off a market reaction one might only imagine in a true wheat supply crisis. The lingering questions remain […]

Update: Owl plan, Reform Act, Salazar, more By American Forest Resource Council (non) Recovery Owl Plan Released How do you increase the population of a town abandoned due to a radioactive spill? If you are the US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) you would build more homes. This is the […]