Results for keyword: timber
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Seeking balance in Oregon's timber country
Can logging towns and old-growth forests both thrive in the Northwest?
by Nathan Rice, May 06, 2013 -
Northwest Forest Plan timeline
A brief history of the Northwest Forest Plan
by Nathan Rice, Apr 29, 2013 -
A Washington tribe and a timber company wrestle over a forest's future
The Port Gamble S'Klallam are protecting their treaty rights to fish and shellfish in Port Gamble Bay, using laws to limit development, much to the frustration of timber company-turned-developer Pope Resources.
by Joshua Zaffos, Dec 03, 2012 -
Tilting the balance of power
Tribal efforts to hold on to heritage and right past wrongs continue in Port Gamble, Washington.
by Sarah Gilman, Nov 25, 2012 -
Activist brings diversity to green orgs
Marcelo Bonta's Center for Diversity & the Environment works to bring people of color into the environmental movement.
by Terri Hansen, Dec 23, 2010 -
Taking control of the machine
Loggers and environmental activists are determined to restore Montana's Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, with or without the help of the Forest Service.
by Ray Ring , Jul 14, 2009 -
Of salvage logging and salvation
If we truly want to "salvage" our forests – and the rest of our environment – we need to think beyond salvage logging, and acknowledge that the value of dead trees cannot be measured in board-feet alone
by Pepper Trail, Dec 25, 2006 -
Loss and renewal in the Northwest
Steven Radosevich writes simple, painful, personal essays about the changing landscape of the Pacific Northwest in his new book, Good Wood: Growth, Loss and Renewal.
by Annie Dawid, Aug 21, 2006 -
'Green' seal of approval considered for national forests
The Forest Service is considering "green" certification for timber produced on the national forests, but environmentalists fear it's a form of greenwashing that will wrongly legitimize public-land logging
by Emma Brown, Dec 12, 2005 -
Salvage logging speeds up
With the Forest Service’s Biscuit Fire salvage logging program acknowledged to be a failure, Oregon Reps. Greg Walden and Gordon Smith want to speed up future post-fire logging
by Emma Brown, Oct 17, 2005
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