Forestry

Reagan Brown sliced a board from a cut log using a brand new bright orange sawmill as a crowd of students, teachers and lumber industry workers looked on. He was part of a day-long event Orofino Junior Senior High School put on May 22 to show off its new trade programs, including the sawmill.

The Trump Administration recently announced a 20 percent tariff on Canadian softwood lumber exports.The trade dispute over softwood lumber is nothing new.…

More than 75 scientists are appealing to President Barack Obama to create a policy for preserving old-growth forest.The U.S. and Canadian scientists sent…

Last week, Rough and Ready lumber started shutting down its sawmill in the Southern Oregon town of Cave Junction. It’s a story that’s repeated itself in…

A new study from the research arm of the Forest Service suggests that leaving behind broken branches and the tips of treetops after logging can help fight…