The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed a complaint, compliance order and a notice of opportunity for a ...

The federal government must consider withdrawing Endangered Species Act protection for the northern spotted owl or face a lawsuit, a coalition of timber companies say in a petition filed recently ...

Democrats split on charging public or timber industry for more of Oregon’s wildfire protection By Alex Baumhardt ( Oregon Capital Chronicle ) Feb. 6, 2024 11:07 p.m.

ALL who have had anything to do with timber in tropical or semi-tropical regions will have become acquainted with the work of certain boring beetles, or powderpost beetles as they have been termed ...

The new National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code and NFPA 101 Life Safety Code have Allowances for larger and taller mass timber buildings. “The addition ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by the timber industry seeking to strip Endangered Species Act protection from a threatened seabird that nests in old-growth forests.

At stake is not only the ability for state agencies to prevent and fight wildfires, but also widely needed resources for communities and homeowners hoping for help to pay for metal roofs and ...

The new laws also permit the logging of giant trees up to 140cm in diameter, or 160cm in the case of blackbutt and alpine ash (preferred timber species). Northeast NSW to see the biggest changes ...

THE introduction of new exclusion zones to protect an endangered possum species has been hugely successful, but Victoria’s timber industry has taken a blow of $15 million as a result.

Democratic lawmakers are split over whether a greater share of the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to protect the state from wildfires should come from all ...