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November 2014 Newsletter

Senate Committee Passes Flawed Wyden O&C Bill 2014 Election and the 114th Congress EPA Vision for Biomass Improves Summer of Fire Final USFS Sales Numbers Status of the Rogue Study Shows Restoration Needed


Flawed O&C Solution Pushed through Senate Committee Markup

Senator Wyden’s flawed O&C legislation (S. 1784) is unanimously opposed by Oregon’s forest products industry, opposed by the O&C Counties, and lacks support from Reps. DeFazio, Schrader, and Walden and Governor Kitzhaber


October 2014 Newsletter

Vilsack Report-Spot On! Western Regions Timber Performance YTD Wildfire Statistics Western Oregon Wildfire Summary Moist Mixed Conifer Publication Wood Innovation Funding Grants Hal Salwasser


September 2014 Newsletter

Judges Give Green Light to Salvage Congress Stalls and Goes on Recess SRS/PILT/LWCF 2015 BLM Timber Targets Wyden Input on O&C Plans Fire Statistics Klamath Fires Continue Burning Shasta Trinity Project Challenges Continue Forest Service Groundwater Proposal Washington Forest Collaborative Summit Forestry Leaders Pass On Oregon Board of Forestry Forest Service Personnel Changes James L. […]


August 2014 Newsletter

Wyden Tries End Run on O&C Bill Fire Borrowing Again? Want Water? Manage our National Forests Siuslaw Designation by Prescription DNR Trust Land Transfer Program WA Water Quality Standards Litigation Proposed Blue Mountain Forest Plan AFRC Welcomes Jim Pena Six Rivers New Forest Supervisor


Timber Industry Won’t Be “Isolated” by Sen. Wyden’s Rhetoric

On August 26, 2014 groups representing Western Oregon’s timber industry sent a letter to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, responding to recent comments he has made in relation to legislation he has introduced to dramatically alter management of federal O&C timberlands.


July 2014 Newsletter

House Passes ESA Reform Bill Efforts Increase to Move Forestry Bills Interior Appropriations Marked-up Wildfires Rage in the NW FS Inexplicable K-V Policy A Shift in Direction Forest Service Water Quality Directives BLM Project Update Western Governors on ESA Dr. Larry Irwin Retires


June 2014 Newsletter

Judge Refuses to Enjoin Logging Primary Election Results Send Mixed Messages Senators Request Wildfire/Forest Health Review Senators Call for Wildfire Funding Reform Vote High and Dry DNR Timber Program Update Sustainable Roads Process in W. Washington Payette CFLRP Review Walden Forest Access Bill Bill to Accelerate Land Exchanges Additional Lynx Habitat Proposed FWS Extends Comment […]


May 2014 Newsletter

Forest Service Water Quality Directives Proposed Critical Habitat Rule Changes Snow Basin Ninth Circuit Decision Algoma Project to go Forward DNR Timber Sale Program Update Fuel Treatments Make Economic Sense GAO NEPA Report More Management Under Farm Bill Siuslaw Audit Results Siuslaw Pre-solicitation and Stewardship Meetings SAF Hires EVP