In 2012, Oregon-based Scott Timber Co. purchased a contract from the federal Bureau of Land Management to harvest 187 acres of a western Oregon forest designated for timber harvesting. As part of the sale, the Bureau prepared an environmental assessment and a "Finding of No Significant Impact" pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA ...
Debates over the utility of the Endangered Species Act often focus on the alleged costs of protecting listed species. Here's a good and recent example concerning the marbled murrelet, a small song bird listed as a threatened species since 1992. The State of Oregon has been considering selling timberland in the Elliott State Forest in Coos Count ...