/tags/timber-industry timber industry en-US Copyright Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:50:39 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-02-06/democrats-split-on-charging-public-or-timber-industry-for-more-of-oregons-wildfire-protection Democratic lawmakers are split over whether a greater share of the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to protect the state from wildfires should come from all Oregon taxpayers or from the private property and business owners whose valuable assets receive state protection. Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:50:39 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-02-06/democrats-split-on-charging-public-or-timber-industry-for-more-of-oregons-wildfire-protection Alex Baumhardt /wildfire/2024-02-03/the-oregon-timber-industry-won-huge-tax-cuts-in-the-1990s-now-it-may-get-another-break-thanks-to-a-top-lawmaker As the cost of fighting wildfires increases, state Sen. Elizabeth Steiner has proposed a bill — developed in consultation with the logging industry — that would shift millions in expenses away from the biggest landowners and onto taxpayers. Sat, 03 Feb 2024 13:27:01 GMT /wildfire/2024-02-03/the-oregon-timber-industry-won-huge-tax-cuts-in-the-1990s-now-it-may-get-another-break-thanks-to-a-top-lawmaker Rob Davis /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-01-23/blm-postpones-controversial-southern-oregon-timber-sales-for-third-time Two controversial timber sales in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley were postponed for a third time by the federal Bureau of Land Management on Monday. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:56:47 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-01-23/blm-postpones-controversial-southern-oregon-timber-sales-for-third-time Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-01-22/report-chinese-billionaire-california-family-own-hundreds-of-thousands-of-acres-of-oregon-timberland A Chinese billionaire and a Redding, California timber family have become among the largest private landowners in the U.S. following major purchases of Oregon forests. Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:58:52 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-01-22/report-chinese-billionaire-california-family-own-hundreds-of-thousands-of-acres-of-oregon-timberland Alex Baumhardt /wildfire/2024-01-03/oregon-needs-more-money-to-fight-big-wildfires-who-should-pay-for-it Two senators aim to boost funding to the state’s firefighting efforts, one funded by the public, the other by timber companies. Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:45:46 GMT /wildfire/2024-01-03/oregon-needs-more-money-to-fight-big-wildfires-who-should-pay-for-it Alex Baumhardt /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-04-24/federal-court-affirms-expansion-of-cascade-siskiyou-national-monument A federal appeals court ruled Monday in a case upholding the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Southern Oregon and northwest California. Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:33:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-04-24/federal-court-affirms-expansion-of-cascade-siskiyou-national-monument Roman Battaglia /housing/2022-09-04/oregons-mass-timber-industry-gets-boost-from-federal-government A $41 million grant could help create a pipeline of affordable mass timber homes. Sun, 04 Sep 2022 16:11:11 GMT /housing/2022-09-04/oregons-mass-timber-industry-gets-boost-from-federal-government Kate Davidson /history/2022-08-01/unearthing-the-story-of-japanese-immigrants-at-site-of-former-oregon-lumber-company-town The classic black-and-white photos from early decades of the American West often fail to capture the diversity of the people who came here. Chinese migrants helped build the railroads and were big in gold mining. Basque people from Spain became known for sheep herding. The first Filipino cannery workers arrived around the turn of the last century. Now, Oregon archaeologists are on the surprising trail of Japanese families who lived in a now-vanished lumber company town. Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:39:29 GMT /history/2022-08-01/unearthing-the-story-of-japanese-immigrants-at-site-of-former-oregon-lumber-company-town Tom Banse /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-06-09/oregon-house-moves-to-curb-forest-institutes-power-and-budget One lawmaker called the changes a ‘critical correction to an agency that veered far off course.’ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:47:49 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-06-09/oregon-house-moves-to-curb-forest-institutes-power-and-budget Tony Schick , Rob Davis /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-02-05/with-counties-in-deep-trouble-oregon-lawmakers-target-timber-tax-cuts For decades, corporate timber benefited from tax cuts that devastated local government budgets. Lawmakers want change and have filed dozens of bills, making this one of Oregon’s most consequential sessions for forest policy. Sat, 06 Feb 2021 01:08:18 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-02-05/with-counties-in-deep-trouble-oregon-lawmakers-target-timber-tax-cuts Tony Schick , Rob Davis