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Oregon forester approves controversial habitat conservation plan for state lands
Oregon forestry officials are moving ahead with a controversial plan that will reduce logging on state lands west of the Cascades.
Several county leaders grill Oregon forestry officials after sawmill closures
Several county commissioners questioned whether the state should implement a draft conservation plan that would limit logging on some state forestlands.
Chinese billionaire owns hundreds of thousands of acres of Oregon timberland, report reveals
Tianqiao Chen, with nearly 200,000 acres in Oregon, is the second largest foreign owner of U.S. land, according to land ownership publication The Land Report. His stake has drawn ire from an Oregon Republican.
As tree species face decline, ‘assisted migration’ gains popularity in Pacific Northwest
‘Assisted migration’ means humans can help trees keep up with climate change by moving them to more favorable ecosystems faster than the trees could migrate on their own.
EPA official says cleanup of J.H. Baxter site in Eugene will be a multimillion-dollar task
Since the site closed last year, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have been tag-teaming on gauging the level of pollutants and hazards at the shuttered wood-treatment facility.
Invasive oak borer beetle worries Oregon forestry officials
The Mediterranean oak borer is native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. The insect tunnels beneath a tree’s bark, carrying with it a fungus that grows within the tree and blocks trees’ ability to take in water and nutrients.
New BLM forest plan in Southern Oregon speeds up wildfire prevention. But it has its critics
A major forest management project in Southern Oregon has been approved using a new model from the federal Bureau of Land Management.
A Southern Oregon conservationist’s wishlist for better collaboration with the BLM
Some environmental groups in Southern Oregon are frustrated with the Bureau of Land Management. They say the agency is hiding commercial logging under the guise of forest resilience projects.
Oregon officials say this year they’re so far reining in wildfires much quicker than previous years
As of Monday, crews with the Oregon Department of Forestry have suppressed 418 fires, burning a total of 582 acres in ODF districts. This contrasts with a ten-year average at this point in the fire season of 590 fires and over 56-thousand acres scorched.
Wildfire risk maps spark concerns about home insurance during public hearing
Many Southern Oregon residents were frustrated with state officials during a public hearing last week over the state’s new wildfire risk map.