Supporting active, multiple-use management of federal forest lands
The La Grande Observer recently published the following commentary by BoiseCascade’s Lindsay Warness and Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities’ Nick Smith: Oregon’s public forests are a public treasure from which many people derive pleasure, solace, and a living. Forestlands in Oregon
Evelyn Badger-Nores is the executive director at Douglas C.A.R.E.S., a child abuse response and evaluation service provider based in Roseburg (The views in this column are hers alone.). In this column, Ms. Badger-Nores says a lack of jobs and economic
Commissioner Chris Brong explains why federal government should allow forest-dependent Skamania County a freer hand in the use of its resources: SKAMANIA County is the most environmentally “protected” county in the West. But at what cost? Our unemployment rate is 11.5
Here’s Jennifer Phillippi’s response to a radical activist who recently attacked her family over the recent closure of their Rough & Ready sawmill, the last in Josephine County. This piece originally appeared in the Grants Pass Daily Courier: Andy Kerr’s May
In a letter to federal land managers, Oregon Congressman Greg Walden urges the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to recognize forest management as a solution for preventing catastrophic wildfires and combatting rural poverty. Here’s an excerpt of
Watch County Commissioner Simon Hare discuss how active forest management can help restore more economic opportunity for rural communities.
In Washington D.C. the growing debate over reforming federal forest policies is focused on improving forest health and providing a short-term extension of timber payments to county governments. These issues are important, but the primary goal of any federal forest
Read professional forester Troy Reinhart’s recent opinion piece in the Bend Bulletin about forest management. Troy Reinhart: Expanding Management is Good for Forests’ Health In a recent “In My View” column, it was argued the best way to assure forest health is
On this Arbor Day, learn how Idaho forests can be managed to meet social, environmental and economic needs. From the Idaho Forest Products Commission.
The Western Governors’ Association delivered a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack last week requesting increased attention on environmentally stressed national forest land and inclusion of the private sector in efforts to reduce epidemics such as pine beetle infestations and wildfires. The letter: Dear Secretary
