Timber in Oregon: An Endangered Industry, Part 2
Posted by AFP JoCo on July 4, 2009
These three videos make up the second half hour of a one-hour program that 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.
The first episode focused on the people working in the forests and sawmills. This episode includes interviews with people from county, state, and federal forestry agencies.
In Part 4, the Josephine County Forestry Supervisor hoots for a spotted owl and explains the impact of federal regulations on county forestry practices. Then, the retired Director of Forestry in Josephine County talks about the Biscuit fire and how current federal forest practices leave our forests vulnerable to an even more catastrophic fire.
In Part 5, a retired Timber Program Manager with U.S. Forest Service talks about the programs that were funded by timber revenue on federal lands, and the impacts of environmental litigation on those programs. A former County Commissioner discusses the economic and social impacts of the decline of the timber industry on Jackson County, Oregon.
In Part 6, a District Protection Planner for the Oregon Department of Forestry talks about a balanced approach to timber management. Then the Executive Vice President of the Southern Oregon Timber Industries Association shows us the demolition of the last remaining sawmill in Jackson County, and discusses what it means and why it didn’t have to happen.
