Off roaders are going to start seeing a lot of “closed” signs in the Mt. Hood National Forest. A new Forest Service plan dramatically cuts back where off road vehicles are allowed. Environmental groups couldn’t be much happier.
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Off roaders are going to start seeing a lot of “closed” signs in the Mt. Hood National Forest. A new Forest Service plan dramatically cuts back where off road vehicles are allowed. Environmental groups couldn’t be much happier.
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As if old growth logging, and competition from barred owls wasn’t enough. There’s another threat to Oregon’s fragile population of northern spotted owls. Research from Oregon State University says climate change may also hurt the spotted owl’s chances for survival.
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An icon of Northeast Oregon has a date with the logger, unless a lot of money can be raised quickly. What’s at risk is 500 acres of the Mt. Emily Recreation Area near La Grande. A timber company is getting ready to cut down most of the big trees in the Trails Unit, a...
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Apparently they do, according to Oregonians in Action. The property rights group says it will lobby the next Legislature to pass a law giving Oregon the power to condemn and seize federally owned land in the state. That includes 15 National Forests and Monuments, a National Park, and millions of acres of land managed...
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Oregon’s Forestry Board has approved a controversial plan to increase logging on more than 630,000 acres of state forests. The reason? More timber revenues for counties, schools and other local governments. But environmental groups say wildlife will be hurt.
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If you’re not happy with what’s going on in our National Forests, then this is the year to do something about it. The Obama Administration is working on a new planning rule that will guide the future of all 155 National Forests and Grasslands across the country. What’s at stake? Big issues such as logging,...
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Oregon’s state tree, the Douglas Fir, is under attack from a disease that’s spreading and intensifying through the Coast Range. It’s called Swiss needle cast, a fungus that causes the tree to lose its needles and stunts its growth. Researchers with Oregon State University say the disease has gotten so bad, it’s damaging forests...
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The Mt. Hood National Forest is giving itself more time to make a huge decision that will affect just about everyone who uses the forest. It’s going to spend the spring and summer doing additional environmental studies before making a final ruling on where to allow off road vehicles. That ruling was expected by...
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The Oregon Sierra Club says it won’t support Senator Wyden’s logging bill for Eastern Oregon. The group had been withholding judgement ever since the deal was announced almost two months ago. But now, the group’s Conservation Director Ivan Maluski tells me that without some changes, the Sierra Club will oppose the measure. His critique...
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Long time adversaries in Oregon’s timber wars told the Senate today they’re ready to make peace, at least in Eastern Oregon. The setting was a hearing on the Eastern Oregon Logging bill sponsored by Senator Wyden. Based on a historic compromise between timber and conservation groups, the bill hopes to revive the region’s logging...
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