Guest Submission U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management In a move aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy on public lands, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today issued a Secretarial Order that authorizes the Bureau of Land Management to establish coordination offices that will expedite the […]

Oregon Department of Agriculture, Oregon’s foray into renewable fuels takes another step this year with an approaching requirement for diesel sold in the state to contain two percent biodiesel. The Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of Energy are giving diesel motorists a heads up that the renewable fuel […]

Oregonians for Food and Shelter has provided this letter to the EPA by certified forester, Bruce Alber on the relabeling of Oust and the effect on Oregon. By Bruce Alber January 8, 2009 I am a professional forester with 34 years of experience with forest vegetation management.  I have tested, […]

By Jim Welsh Government Affairs Report Oregon Cattlemen Association The Governor’s agenda for 2009 includes his, yet to be final, “Headwaters To Ocean (H2O) ” Initiative, and final, “Jobs and Transportation Act.”  The agriculture stakeholder advisory group has continued to keep us, in the Natural Resource Coalition not included in […]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife  CLACKAMAS, Ore. – After a difficult start to the 2009 fishing season precipitated by heavy snow and flooding, anglers are starting to venture back out onto the Willamette and Columbia rivers in pursuit of white sturgeon. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding […]

Guest Submission Conservation groups filed two lawsuits Thursday challenging the Bush administration’s last major effort to boost logging in Oregon. The Western Oregon Plan Revision, known as the Whopper, would ramp up logging on the checkerboard of U.S. Bureau of Land Management lands in Western Oregon, including salmon and spotted […]

Note from the Natural Resource Report: I recently asked Rick Sohn, to share his background and perspective with a monthly report on the business status of the timber industry. Rick recently retired as President and CEO of Lone Rock Timber Company, Rick has had a 27 year career with Lone […]

From Oregon Association of Nurseries, Wilsonville, Ore. — In a survey conducted by the Oregon Association of Nurseries, 160 growers in 12 Oregon counties reported that damage to nursery structures and crops due to late December storms range from $18 million to $31 million. “It’s now clear that damage to […]

Oregon State University:  Oregon State University, which is a leader among Oregon campuses in its use of electric and hybrid vehicles, is poised to take a larger role in emerging electric car technology at a time when Nissan North America has announced a major zero-emission vehicle partnership with the state […]

Guest Submission: SALEM — Gov. Ted Kulongoski said he fears the four-year extension of the federal safety net will run out before the new forest management plan offered by the Bureau of Land Management is implemented in Western Oregon forests. The governor said he expects litigation from environmentalists will delay […]