According to recent federal data, workers in the logging industry are roughly 33 times more likely to die from a workplace injury compared to those in other civilian occupations. In Oregon, the ...
After seven decades in operation, the Oregon Logging Conference was a combination of something old and something new this year. "A Seventy-Year Tradition — Forestry, Equipment, Education," was the ...
The Trump administration rescinded a longstanding rule meant to safeguard intact forests across the West on June 23 in a move that could open 2 million acres of Oregon forests to logging and ...
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A bill under consideration in the Oregon Legislature would require the Oregon Department of Forestry to set annual targets for logging in state forests. (Courtesy Oregon Department of Forestry)_ SALEM ...
People have until Friday to weigh in on a proposal that could allow new roads and logging in wild areas. Read Story ...
A helicopter carries water to fire behind a ranch near Ukiah as part of the effort against the Battle Mountain Complex of blazes in Umatilla County. About 75% of the acres scorched in this year’s ...
I think Dr. Hal Salwasser's ideas on logging in Oregon are dead square right on. If you have had the opportunity to visit cities outside the valley it is patently obvious these economies are barely ...
ESTACADA, Ore. -- Three logging trucks were torched yesterday near a federal forest where environmental protesters have camped out to try to keep loggers from coming in and cutting down trees. Federal ...