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Employees at Pacific Northwest timber company Weyerhaeuser strike over wages, health care
Employees at Weyerhaeuser sites in Oregon and Washington are on strike, citing low wage increases and high health care premiums.
Oregon’s mass timber industry gets boost from federal government
A $41 million grant could help create a pipeline of affordable mass timber homes.
Environmental group, timber firm Weyerhaeuser to settle over pollution claims at Longview timber mill
The Longview mill has been hit multiple times with allegations of pollution in recent years.
Appeals court reverses verdict that awarded $1 billion to Oregon timber counties
The court determined that managing state forestland for the "greatest permanent value" doesn't mean maximizing timber revenue.
Legislative session may finally yield a solution for Oregon’s Elliott State Forest
A bill before the Oregon Legislature would set in motion a plan to create an Elliott State Research Forest that would preserve the oldest trees and protect vulnerable species while allowing some logging.
Judge halts commercial timber harvest in Central Oregon
A federal judge has stopped a commercial timber harvest in central Oregon near Walton Lake in Oregon’s Ochoco National Forest sought by an environmental group.
OSU doesn’t want to own the Elliott State Forest anymore
The state still plans to establish the Elliott State Research Forest, but Oregon State University officials say the financial risk of owning the forest is too high for the school.
Environmental groups sue over post-wildfire roadside logging plans
Conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over its plans to log hazard trees along hundreds of roads in the Willamette National Forest that burned in last year’s wildfires.
Ed Whitelaw, economist and consultant on Timber Wars, dies at 80
Ed Whitelaw, who taught economics at the University of Oregon for more than 50 years and founded the prestigious consulting firm EcoNorthwest, has died at age 80.
Timber industry challenges the Biden administration’s delay and review of northern spotted owl federal protections
A timber industry trade group and others are challenging the Biden administration’s decision to halt and reconsider the removal of millions of acres of federal protections for the northern spotted owl.