Logging /tags/logging Logging en-US Copyright Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:05:30 GMT Months after Oregon’s state forester resigned, officials outline a recruitment plan /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-27/months-after-oregons-state-forester-resigned-officials-outline-a-recruitment-plan Oregon forestry officials now have a general idea of how they’ll find a new state forester — more than four months after Cal Mukumoto’s sudden resignation from the job. Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:05:30 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-27/months-after-oregons-state-forester-resigned-officials-outline-a-recruitment-plan April Ehrlich Major legal win for environmental groups in Southern Oregon will protect old-growth forests /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-02/major-legal-win-for-environmental-groups-in-southern-oregon-will-protect-old-growth-forests Environmental groups in Southern Oregon got a win in court this week in a lawsuit over old-growth forests. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:38:51 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-02/major-legal-win-for-environmental-groups-in-southern-oregon-will-protect-old-growth-forests Roman Battaglia Controversial timber sale near Roseburg is the target of protests and lawsuits /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-24/controversial-timber-sale-near-roseburg-is-the-target-of-protests-and-lawsuits A timber sale near Roseburg and an accompanying protest have been pushed back to April 22, or Earth Day. Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:50:18 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-24/controversial-timber-sale-near-roseburg-is-the-target-of-protests-and-lawsuits Roman Battaglia Northwest Forest Plan advisors told their committee will be disbanded /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-08/northwest-forest-plan-advisors-told-their-committee-will-be-disbanded The group, appointed under former President Joe Biden, has completed its core assignment, but still has some remaining goals. Sat, 08 Mar 2025 13:35:41 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-08/northwest-forest-plan-advisors-told-their-committee-will-be-disbanded April Ehrlich Trump’s timber directives could sway Oregon forest policy, but market effects are unclear /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-06/trumps-timber-directives-could-sway-oregon-forest-policy-but-market-effects-are-unclear Republican-led policy directives could rewrite forest policies that affect public lands in Oregon and the rest of the West. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:33:26 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-06/trumps-timber-directives-could-sway-oregon-forest-policy-but-market-effects-are-unclear April Ehrlich Why it matters that Oregon just lost its chief forester /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-01-15/why-it-matters-that-oregon-just-lost-its-chief-forester The resignation of Oregon’s top forestry executive last week comes at a pivotal moment for environmental policies in the state. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:43:11 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-01-15/why-it-matters-that-oregon-just-lost-its-chief-forester April Ehrlich Biden administration withdraws old-growth forest plan /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-01-08/biden-administration-withdraws-old-growth-forest-plan The Biden administration is dropping its plan to conserve old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:43:43 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-01-08/biden-administration-withdraws-old-growth-forest-plan Matthew Brown Judge dismisses $33 million timber lawsuit against U.S. Forest Service over 2020 wildfire response /wildfire/2024-12-19/judge-dismisses-33-million-timber-lawsuit-against-u-s-forest-service-over-2020-wildfire-response A federal judge denied a timber companies’ complaint that firefighters did not do everything possible to stop the spread of the Beachie Creek Fire. Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:42:27 GMT /wildfire/2024-12-19/judge-dismisses-33-million-timber-lawsuit-against-u-s-forest-service-over-2020-wildfire-response Alex Baumhardt Environmental groups sue to stop timber sale in Southern Oregon /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-20/environmental-groups-sue-to-stop-timber-sale-in-southern-oregon A number of environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against federal land managers for a timber sale in old-growth forest north of Grants Pass. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:57:51 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-20/environmental-groups-sue-to-stop-timber-sale-in-southern-oregon Roman Battaglia More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the Pacific Northwest /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-19/more-logging-is-proposed-to-help-curb-wildfires-in-the-pacific-northwest U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:30:15 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-19/more-logging-is-proposed-to-help-curb-wildfires-in-the-pacific-northwest Matthew Brown