MEDFORD, Ore. – Forestry officials are asking for public input about harvesting fire-killed trees in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. Many trees in the area were killed when the nearly 200,000-acre Chetco Bar Fire swept over through the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. ...
SALEM, Ore. – After announcing 18 Oregon counties will be receiving nearly $1.4 million in previously sequestered timber payments, the Association of O&C Counties released how much they believe each county will receive. Last week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The U.S. Forest Service is responsible for managing 15.6 million acres of public forestland in Oregon. Now, Josephine County commissioners are looking to outsource that management. Commissioners, and some residents, believe fires on that land would ...
Jackson County, Ore. – For the first time in 20 years, the Oregon Department of Forestry has ordered a complete shut down of all industrial operations on ODF protected lands in southwestern Oregon. According to ODF, the shutdown of logging, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an attempt to level the playing field for American lumber companies, the Trump administration is imposing tariffs up to 24% on Canadian lumber shipped into the U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilber Ross said about 31.5% of hardwood ...
Siskiyou County, Calif. – The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Officer responded to a report of man killed at a logging site in a rural area between Seiad Valley and Happy Camp on September 23 around 2:00 Friday afternoon. The man, identified ...