How a public institute in Oregon became a de facto lobbying arm of the timber industry
By Rob Davis
(The Oregonian/OregonLive) and Tony Schick (OPB)Aug. 4, 2020 1 p.m.
Internal emails show a tax-funded agency created to educate people about forestry has acted as a public-relations agency and lobbying arm for Oregon's timber industry, in some cases skirting legal constraints that forbid it from doing so.
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