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    In Oregon, homes don’t come from the hardware store

    **This opinion originally ran in the Portland Tribune It’s rare to see Democrats and Republicans come together as productively as they recently did with the passage of a $376 million…

  • OFIC Celebrates One Year of Podcasting

    February 19, 2024 Last February, OFIC launched a new podcast aimed at policymakers in Oregon called Forestry Smart Policy. The podcast has one mission: provide context and knowledge on foundational,…

  • Wildfires are an All-Oregonian problem

    **This opinion originally appeared in the Portland Tribune Kyle Williams Feb 16, 2024 It has been frustrating to read the incomplete media coverage on Sen. Elizabeth Steiner’s wildfire funding bill…

  • OFIC Launches New Public-Facing Campaign

    On June 6, 2022 OFIC launched the start of a long-term initiative called For the Trees that showcases Oregon’s timber industry as part of the solution to the social, economic…

  • Bipartisan legislation marks new era for Oregon forestry

    May 22, 2022 **This story originally published in The Oregonian Kate Brown, Chris Edwards and Bob Van Dyk Brown is governor of Oregon. Edwards is president of the Oregon Forest…

  • How a long-sought agreement led to Oregon changing its logging laws

    April 21, 2022 **This story originally published via the Jefferson Public Exchange The rules are different for logging depending upon where the trees are in Oregon. The national forests and Bureau…

  • Private Forest Accord Update

    In the February 2022 legislative session, Oregon legislators will be asked to codify in state law a comprehensive set of changes to the Oregon Forest Practices Act. The set of…

  • Deal would overhaul private forest management in Oregon

    October 30, 2021 **This story originally published via the Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An agreement has been reached between timber and environmental groups to overhaul management of 10 million…

  • Q&A with Roseburg: Post-fire Restoration

    **This post originally appeared on Oregon Forests Forever It’s been almost a year since the 2020 Labor Day fires torched over a million acres in Oregon, and now we’re in…

  • Oregon Forest Protective Association Receives Forestry Appreciation Award from Oregon Society of American Foresters

    For Immediate Release Contact: Andrea Watts, OSAF: 503-224-8046, wattsa@forestry.org PORTLAND—The Oregon Forest Protective Association (OFPA) has received the Forestry Appreciation Award from the Oregon Society of American Foresters (OSAF). Members…