State of Oregon Suspends 10 State Forest Timber Sales in Marbled Murrelet Habitat Simultaneously, Conservation Groups File Injunction Request to Safeguard the Threatened Seabird During Lawsuit PORTLAND, Ore.- The State of Oregon...
Read MoreThe editorial board appears to be telling its 9,537 customers that the dream team are the only candidates among the 15 who offered “competence and sound ideas”. What sound ideas? Hiring an all – powerful county administrator and staff at many hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars
Read MoreSince the Northwest Forest Plan was adopted, the BLM and Forest Service have offered 8.7 billion board feet of timber. This is equivalent to 1.74 million log truck loads. Timber targets are set each year by Congress and based on available funding. The data show that since 1995 the agencies have met 82% of the timber targets established by Congress. The small shortfall is the result of two legal blunders where federal agencies broke their own rules and failed to protect streams and wildlife as outlined in the forest plan.
Read MoreDo the Coos County Politicians work, for the Citizens, or voters, or the employees? All might be considered a special interest group, and surely one or more, a smaller voting block.
Read MoreReducing raw log exports, establishing fair taxes and fostering value-added wood products is where our politicians should focus to democratically increase local timber supplies, revenue and jobs.
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