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Leah Nash/special to ProPublicaIn Oregon鈥檚 Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk. -
Kyle Sullivan/BLMTimber companies faced another blow in court this week, after a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Southern Oregon.
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The denial affirms a lower court decision saying the "greatest permanent value" of Oregon forests is more than just timber revenue. -
The court determined that managing state forestland for the "greatest permanent value" doesn't mean maximizing timber revenue. -
It has been said many times that journalists and legislators know they've probably done their jobs well when many people are angry with them. Oregon鈥� -
Round two of our interviews on the Sen. Ron Wyden proposal to divide up the O & C timber lands in western Oregon鈥� Environmental groups already pointed out鈥� -
There's already a wealth of opinion being offered on Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden's timber bill, and you can add to it on this week's VENTSday segment on The鈥� -
The other shoe just dropped in the plan to reorganize some of Western Oregon's federal forests. The so-called O & C lands were already the focus of a bill鈥� -
Oregon U. S. Senator Ron Wyden wants to double the timber harvest on 2.1. million acres of O & C timber lands in Western Oregon. In a proposal to be鈥� -
Congress returns to business today, and a key item of business for the region is up for consideration. Members of Congress from both parties in Oregon鈥�
