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 […]

Oregon Wheat Growers League Executive Director steps down after 10 years By Oregon Wheat Growers League The Oregon Wheat Grower’s League Executive Committee in conjunction with the League’s Executive Director, Tammy Dennee, make the following announcement.  Ms. Dennee resigned as the Executive Director of the OWGL and has been retained […]

$10,000 for wolf-killer By Natural Resource Report News Note; A federally ESA protected wolf was killed in the Umatilla Forests in northeastern Oregon. Conservation organizations have put up $7,500 and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department is putting up $2,500 as a reward for information on the killer. The cause […]

Reclaim Oregon’s Forests: We Can Manage by Cascade Policy Institute By Ben Shelton Federal ownership of Oregon’s forests has failed. Oregon, like other Western states, has relied on federal agencies to manage the majority of its land. But it is now clear this century-long experiment has crippled our forests and […]