PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An injured logger was successfully rescued from the Alsea Falls Recreation Area in Oregon Friday morning, authorities said. The accident was reported just after 11:30 a.m., ...
Lang fears the draft forest management plan opens the door to future policies that encourage heavy logging. He and Cascadia ...
Cascadia Wildlands, Oregon Wild and Umpqua Watersheds claim in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the agency violated multiple federal environmental laws through the authorization of the 42 Divide Forest ...
The Trump administration rescinded a longstanding rule meant to safeguard intact forests across the West on June 23 in a move that could open 2 million acres of Oregon forests to logging and ...
(CN) — A judge on Thursday put the brakes on a plan to harvest commercial timber on more than 13,000 acres of federal land in Oregon, pending a detailed environmental analysis. U.S. District Judge ...
A 34-year-old rule exempting some commercial logging projects on federal lands from environmental review is unlawful, a ...
The project was expected to be one of the largest in the state’s history. A federal judge has struck down a commercial logging project covering more than 16,000 acres in northwest Oregon, ruling that ...
The Bureau of Land Management has determined that the project won’t have significant environmental impacts. Environmentalists sued several federal agencies Tuesday in a bid to stop a timber harvest in ...
SALEM — Annual logging targets would be established for Oregon’s state forests under a bill meant to provide more certainty for timber companies and county governments. However, opponents of House ...
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 ...
When we talk about forestry jobs in Oregon, you might automatically think of logging. But there are countless other roles in the industry, including planting trees after a forested area has been clear ...
The federal government is increasing the amount of logging revenue shared with some Oregon counties due to changes in the ...