It was a privilege to be included in Oregon Governor Kitzhaber’s business development mission to Asia last month. The Governor’s two-fold objective for the mission to promote Oregon products and attract investment back into the state took the public-private sector...
For many months, Oregon’s Congressional members, Greg Walden, Peter Defazio, and Kurt Schrader, worked on a solution for the imminent financial crisis facing many rural communities in Oregon that count on revenue generated from timber harvests off of O&C County...
We are fortunate to have so many family-owned companies in the Pacific Northwest that provide family-wage jobs for their employees. These family-owned companies plan and provide for long-term investments to encourage multi-generation involvement. Investments and...
The U.S. housing market is starting to pick up, which is good news for our sawmills. Unfortunately, there is a dark cloud looming over the Oregon sawmills. The Port of Newport has applied for and been recommended for Connect Oregon IV (“Connect IV”) funds. These funds...
The first week of summer is a good time to reflect on the importance of water, water-quality, and where our water comes from. The forest products industry generally gets a bad rap for water quality. The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has published an issue of...
