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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 ...

caption id="attachment_40734" align="alignleft" width="222" Photo courtesy of FWS/caption The Center for Biological Diversity is threatening to sue the Fish & Wildlife Service for not imposing ruinous and unnecessary restrictions on private property owners throughout 37 states to protect the Northern long-eared bat. It contends that heavy-hand ...

A friend once explained the importance of agriculture to me in a way I have never forgotten:  "Every last physical thing that you use in life, was originally either grown from the ground or dug out of it."  Ponder that for a moment (and yes, the seas and rivers are included). Today, March 19, is National Agriculture Day.  At PLF, we are consta ...

Author: Reed Hopper Ever wonder how those massive logging restrictions in the Pacific Northwest panned out for the endangered spotted owl?  Political AP has an interesting article that answers that question:  After 20 Years of Protection, Owls are Declining but Forests Remain.  "Nothing we do seems to work for the spotted owl ...