Forest Policy Briefs by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers When Wilderness Isn’t Wilderness: When the US Forest Service wants to act fast to protect natural resources, it can. But, when it needs to act fast to prevent catastrophic timber loss to pests or fire, it predictably fails […]

By Guest Submission A Lomakatsi Restoration Project crewmember decided to try to find his own way home from the woods on June 7, got lost, and ended up spending 8 hours walking ten miles back to a friend’s house in town. The Lomakatsi crew was piling brush on the west […]

Clean Water Act Guidance Document – Stop the “Flood” of Regulation By Oregon Farm Bureau AFBF has launched their STOP THE FLOOD OF REGULATION Campaign. The goal is to prevent EPA from finalizing their Guidance Document, which would remove the word navigable from the Clean Water Act. Removal of this […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association  The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) made clear its position on any attempt by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lower the coarse particulate matter (PM) standard as part of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) during one of two public hearings hosted by EPA. […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation Citing a lack of data to support limiting antibiotic use in livestock, the American Farm Bureau Federation has told the Food and Drug Administration that it is concerned with proposals that would restrict antibiotic use based on unproven theory. AFBF submitted comments to FDA on […]

Declaration positions counties to receive assistance and coordinate recovery efforts Oregon Governor Kitzhaber Press Release Governor Kitzhaber declared a State of Emergency in response to recent fires in Harney and Malheur Counties. More than 750,000 acres burned over the course of a week in Southeast Oregon. The Governor’s Executive Order […]

Stink bug poses huge risk to Oregon crops An Oregon State University researcher has discovered in Oregon a community of stink bug. The brown marmorated stink bug has its origins in Asia. Complicating matters is the fact that the bug reproduces itself every few days and is very diff ult […]

Greg Walden: All levels of government need to be flexible in responding to wildfires Congressman Greg Walden, Walden announces that, at his urging, Farm Service Agency will be flexible in locating Conservation Reserve Program lands where ranchers can relocate their cattle for emergency grazing In the middle of a swing […]

American Farm Bureau Federation The farm bill approved by the House Agriculture Committee, in a 35-11 vote, is a fiscally responsible, bipartisan measure that continues to provide a basic-but-broad foundation of risk management protection for America’s farmers and ranchers, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. “As the congressional calendar […]

by Cindy, Corn Commentary National Corn Growers Association The USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate report out this morning did, as expected, lower corn yields as a result of the hot and dry conditions throughout much of the corn belt this summer. The projected U.S. corn yield was lowered […]