By Oregon Department of Forestry When asked to characterize the upcoming wildfire season, Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) fire managers are likely to fall back on Nobel physicist Niels Bohr’s maxim, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” That’s not to say they don’t try. There are […]

Congressman Greg Walden reiterates that scientists see ban on turning federal biomass into energy as pointless From Congressman Greg Walden (R-Oregon)

Nursery Association Praises Congresswoman Doris Matsui For The Energy Conservation Through Trees Act By Association of Oregon Nurseries, [May 26, 2009] The Oregon Association of Nurseries applauded the inclusion of the Energy Conservation Through Trees Act as part of the larger American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. The […]

By Dave Hunnicutt, Oregonians In Action Despite Oregon’s economic troubles and problems with high unemployment, the legislature is spending time debating and passing land use bills.  Although no land use bill has received approval from both the Oregon House and Oregon Senate as of late April, there are a few […]

Company’s Proprietary Tracking System Follows Fish from Dock to Dinner Table Pacific Seafood PORTLAND, Ore. – Pacific Seafood, a family-owned seafood company based in Portland, Ore., is leading the seafood industry in implementing traceability practices with its Automated Production Control© (APC) tracking system. The system helps protect consumers and the […]

Items reviewed: Unemployment, biomass, old-growth ban, stimulus wood, spotted owl, Federal GVW Reform and more by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manger Associated Oregon Loggers, New Economy=Record Unemployment: There’s been a total failure of liberal claims about Oregon’s so-called, diversified “New Economy”—characterized by high tech, services and tourism.  In March, Oregon’s […]

American Farm Bureau Federation, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2009 – Agriculture and energy groups said today that indirect land use calculations should not be used to regulate the production of renewable fuels, calling the idea “a theory that defies reality.” The comments were made in a letter sent by the […]

By Oregon Department of Agriculture, About 15,000 gypsy moth traps will soon be placed statewide. By the end of the month, roughly 15,000 bright orange and green tent-like cardboard traps will be placed in trees and shrubs throughout Oregon as state officials go about the annual process of looking for […]

Mexico and Canada File WTO Complaints Regarding U.S. Country-of-Origin Labeling Regulations By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, In formal complaints filed last week with the World Trade Organization (WTO), Mexico and Canada claim that the U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law appears to be inconsistent with U.S. obligations under the WTO. The […]

Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Do you remember OFS staff writing you about the BLM WOPR – Western Oregon Plan Revision?  We asked you to contact your Senator and Representative and also members of the Committees where House Resolution 3 and Senate Joint Resolution 24 were housed.  Our thanks to […]