by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
Oregon jobs are at risk from subsidized Canadian lumber. Unless we can find a solution in the coming months to address Canadian government policies that give Canadian mills a regular supply of logs at below-market rates, thousands of jobs could be lost. Sen. Ron Wyden...
by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
Catalyst Paper, which owns the Crofton mill, recorded a net loss of $26.6 million for the second quarter of the fiscal year, which ended on June 30. That’s compared to the company’s net earnings of $16.9 million in the previous quarter. A statement from Catalyst...
by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
Responsible Rio: Millions of FSC-certified products will be used at 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Attending Rio 2016 this summer? If so, you’ll almost certainly come into contact with more than one FSC-certified product and, by extension, will be supporting the growth...
by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
Re: New bid offered for Wildwood, July 28. I live close to Wildwood on Yellowpoint Road and have always admired Merve Wilkinson’s vision of eco-forestry. At first blush, a sale to a fellow eco-forester and Merve’s apprentice might seem appropriate, but I cannot help...
by Working Forest | Aug 5, 2016 | Archives
Re: “Some old-growth logging is necessary,” letter, July 29. Yes, logging old-growth would maintain a healthy industry for a few years, maybe a decade or two, but then that high-value timber would be gone, and the industry would be stuck with only the low-value timber...
