[Oregon Dept. of Agriculture Release] 10/01/2008  — The Oregon Department of Agriculture has issued registrations to Willamette Biomass Processors, Inc., of Rickreall, and Great Plains Oil and Exploration, of Havre, Montana, to sell camelina meal in Oregon for beef and swine feed. The meal may only be fed to feedlot […]

[From Oregon Field Guide OPB] 20th-Anniversary Special Last broadcast Thursday October 2, 2008.  The 20th-anniversary special re-visits Oregon Field Guide’s most memorable adventures, locations and people. It goes behind-the-scenes to see the funny and sometimes frightening things the crew endured to get the story. From an angry peregrine falcon dive-bombing […]

By Congressman Greg Walden, September 26, 2008 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Greg Walden’s (R-Ore.) latest attempts today to reinsert a four-year extension of the county timber payments program (approved 93-2 by the Senate earlier this week) was blocked by the Democratic leadership on the House floor. The leadership used […]

Oregon Food and Shelter, News Portland, OR (September 3, 2008) –  The health and wellbeing of Oregon’s agricultural workers is a priority for agricultural employers throughout Oregon, which is why ABC is celebrating National Farm Safety and Health Week (September 21-27) with a culmination of activities throughout September. With the […]

New forest biomass facility will save school district $76,000 per year [Oregon Department of Forestry] The Enterprise School District today cut the ribbon to formally launch a new forest biomass energy facility which seeks to save the District $ 76,000 per year in energy costs and use existing forest wood […]

Oregon Food and Shelter Press Release, The NW Power and Conservation Council have issued their revised fish and wildlife program for public comment and are holding a series of public meetings throughout the region over the next several weeks (schedule below).  Program costs are increasing dramatically as a result of […]

The property rights organization Oregonians In Action is opposing Governor Kulongoski’s appointment of Greg Macpherson to the Land Conservation and Development Commission. OIA is encouraging people to call their senators to oppose the appointment which normally do not generate such public attention or controversy.  Macpherson came under fire last year […]

By American Forest Research Council AFRC News, 9/16. On September 11, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request to reverse its decision on the Mission Brush case (Lands Council v McNair). The plaintiffs had asked for a full court review of the decision, following the court’s unanimous en […]

[Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission Release Sept. 17, 2008] A new volunteer is being sought from Oregon Congressional District 2  for the state’s Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee (CIAC). CIAC is an eight-person committee that advises the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) and local governments on citizen involvement […]

WESTERN LUMBER PRODUCTION DECLINES FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR TO AN 11-YEAR LOW [Western Wood Products Association]  PORTLAND, Ore. – With the housing market on the ropes, lumber production at Western sawmills in 2007 slipped for the second straight year to the lowest annual volume in more than a decade, according […]