Big money bought Oregon’s forests. Small timber communities are paying the price.
By Tony Schick (OPB) and Rob Davis/The Oregonian and Lylla Younes/ProPublica (OPB)
Falls City, Ore. June 11, 2020 1 p.m.
Wall Street investment funds took control of Oregon’s private forests. Now, wealthy timber corporations reap the benefits of tax cuts that have cost rural counties billions.