This is the first part of a two-part series focusing on the timber industry in Oregon. This one-hour program looks at how responsible forest management is important for healthy forests, and examines the negative impact of federal regulation and environmental litigation on the timber industry and on local economies in rural Oregon.
These three videos make up the first half hour of the program, which includes interviews with people working in forestry, logging, trucking, and sawmills. The second half hour, which includes interviews with representatives of county, state, and federal forest programs, will be published next month.
In Part 1, a forester explains the lifecycle of a timber stand, and a logger talks about his work and his love of the forests.
Part 2 contains interviews with the owner/operator of a small logging business, a log truck driver, and a sawmill supervisor.
In Part 3, the owners of a private forest company and the last remaining sawmill in Josephine County talk about effects of the curtailment of federal timber harvests on their businesses and on the local economy.
