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A set-aside plan to take 21 percent of Olympic National Forest out of potential timber production and designate it as wilderness would simply feed into a trend away from logging and into a growing service economy that focuses more on recreation and tourism, according to a study by Headwaters Economics Associate Director Ben Alexander. ... 
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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed a bill Thursday that extends the relief of the state's severance tax on cutting timber. ...
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Without an accurate survey of the resource, say stakeholders, B.C.’s Ministry of Forests does not know how much is available to harvest and how much needs to be replanted... ... A third of the government’s inventory of timber lands is at least 17 years out of date, the Ministry of Forests confirms. That makes it impossible to accurately establish the so-called falldown – the point at which mills in the B.C. Interior start to run out of logs after processing today’s pine-beetle-killed timber.
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The timber bill springs from frustration over the continued deadlock in federal forests, which make up 60 percent of Oregon's timberland but provide only 12 percent of the harvest. State forests, though only 4 percent of the land, provide 10 percent of the annual harvest. Rather than wait for a solution on federal land, advocates say the state should increase the flow of logs to mills, retain jobs and support rural communities. Industry, rural officials and union leaders back the bill. ... The bill would set timber harvests at an unsustainable level, said Ivan Maluski of the Sierra Club. "It's characterized as a major jobs bill, but to us it looks more like an ideological bill," he said.
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Current tropical timber harvesting practices are not sustainable and nations should consider the implications of "peak timber", a study suggests. ...
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"... the board was mindful of the need to protect salmon, which need cold water, but did not want to impose regulations that would prompt timberland owners to sel l..."
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Eighty-five organizations across the region today urged lawmakers to help meet New England’s economic challenges by investing in the region’s forests, outlining seven critical federal funding opportunities to conserve this vital resource and the green infrastructure it provides.
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WASHINGTON — Gov.Butch Otter told members of Congress on Tuesday that a disaster along the lines of the devastating 1910 wildfire in North Idaho could be coming, as the trees that grew after those fires are reaching the end of their...
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Natural vs.economic resources is at the center of the debate over control of Minnesota's 150-year-old school trust land. ...this week a battle is heating up at the Capitol in St. Paul with new legislation introduced that would strip control of the school land from the Department of Natural Resources and give it to a trust manager housed in another state agency...
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says new rules to manage nearly 200 million acres of national forests will protect watersheds and wildlife while promoting uses ranging from recreation to logging. ...
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"Chinese investors who had shown interest in some plantations said they would only commit their resources to the tune of US$100 million once the unlawful occupants were removed," Timber Producers Federation's (TPF) chairman Franky Kufa said. He said potential investors needed a secure operating environment before they could commit their finances ...
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The U.S. Forest Service announced today that it is granting $52.2 million for 17 conservation and working lands projects across the U.S. in 2012. The Forest Legacy Program has protected 2.2 million acres through public-private partnership using federal and leveraged funds of more than $562 million. The program works with private landowners, states and conservation groups to promote sustainable, working forests.
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