BLM misreads mandate.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Kristen Boyles For The Register-Guard The Bureau of Land Management has proposed sweeping changes to the land management scheme that has governed its Oregon public lands for almost 15 years. Known as the Western Oregon Plan Revisions, it is a transparent attempt to...

Let's bury forest tax for good.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Bob Kintigh and Larry Giustina For The Register-Guard In his June 20 guest viewpoint `Let's rethink tax breaks for private timberland,' Roy Keene once again drags out his antiquated and long-discarded approach to forest taxation. He suggests that private forest landowners in Oregon...

Malampaya project wins major int'l sustainable development award.
Byline: PRISCILA R. ARIAS The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) yesterday awarded Shell Exploration Philippines B.V. a major recognition for its work on sustainable development. Awarded at the 2nd Earth Summit on Sustainable Development meeting, the biggest gathering...

Gozun suspends licenses to cut trees.
Byline: EDMER F. PANESA Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Elisea G. Gozun has ordered the suspension of all licenses to cut trees in areas covered by community-based forest management agreements (CBFMA) earlier issued by the government. In an effort to combat illegal logging in the...

Eugene plywood maker lays off 45.
Byline: JOE HARWOOD The Register-Guard Specialty plywood maker States Industries Inc. on Wednesday laid off 45 Eugene workers as a result off a slowdown in orders and the transfer of some work to its North Carolina plant. The Eugene-based company, which makes hardwood veneer panels...

Logging interests have long history of deception.
Byline: Tim Hermach Crimes against nature are, by extension, crimes against humanity. The Register-Guard has published a couple of opinion pieces recently by logging industry supporters taking personal shots at community-minded professionals. Unable to refute their facts, big timber continually attacks those whose only intention...

Tax increases, more logging proposed to rescue counties.
Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard SALEM - With two-thirds of Oregon county governments, including Lane County, facing financial crises, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski on Monday urged residents to accept modest local property tax increases and more logging on federal forests to help stave off deep cuts in...

Promising forest plans.
Byline: The Register-Guard With its once-abundant old growth trees in scarce supply, its timber industry denied promised logging levels, its overgrown forests vulnerable to wildfires and its rural counties gasping for revenues, Oregon needs a new forest management plan like a grizzly needs a meal after hibernation....

I have been a professional forester for more than 20 years - mostly as an industrial or investment forester, but I have worked also as a university research assistant and a tribal forester.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Paul Chapman For The Register-Guard I have been a professional forester for more than 20 years - mostly as an industrial or investment forester, but I have worked also as a university research assistant and a tribal forester. I want to address Shannon...

Governors deputized to arrest violators of environmental laws.
Provincial governors can now arrest and be actively involved in prosecuting environmental criminals in their respective jurisdictions, Secretary Lito Atienza of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said yesterday as he deputized the governors as partners of his department in protecting the environment against despoliation and destruction....