Forestry
Klamath dam removal workshop at SOU fosters collaboration
(Ashland, Ore.) — Southern Oregon University recently hosted the Klamath Dam Removal Research Collaboration Workshop, a follow-up seminar for the numerous groups and agencies working together on the world’s largest-ever dam removal and river restoration project. The November workshop brought together nearly 150 researchers, Tribal leaders and agency representatives to…
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Prioritizing Safety: Preventing Injuries and Fatalities in the Logging Industry
By Paul Quandt Oregon has long been a leader in the production of softwood lumber and plywood, key materials for home construction. The state produces more than 6.1 billion board feet of lumber annually, making up approximately 16.5% of total U.S. output. Such a prolific industry is not without its risks. The…
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Riddle Plywood wins prestigious APA Safety Improvement Award
JUNE 24, 2024 Congratulations to the team at Riddle Plywood, which recently won the APA’s Safety Improvement Award for the Plywood Division. The prestigious award is presented to the plywood mill that has three consecutive years of improving its safety incident rate and the largest percentage improvement between the first…
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Forest Service in Oregon and Washington allocated $291.2 million to address effects of natural disasters from 2019-2021
The USDA Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest has been allocated $291.2 million in disaster relief supplemental funding to address damage caused by the wildfires, floods, and extreme weather events the region experienced in 2019, 2020 and 2021. The funds will go to priority road and bridge repair, hazardous material/waste…
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Recent large fires fed by forest management issues and climate change.
There is a lot of misinformation about the state of our forests, especially in the intense political climate we are in regarding the causes of the massive forest fires in the West. Commercial thinning is a method used to open up the tree crowns to light as the trees are…
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The Myth of Bend’s Timber-to-Tourism Transition
by Damon Runberg You may have heard this story before. Bend was a timber town, but after the demise of the timber industry, the regional economy shifted to tourism to replace those timber jobs. The vast ponderosa forests outside of town attracted mills that sustained the town for much of…
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