The Oregon Department of Forestry is moving forward with renegotiation of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Western Ore...

AOL Forest Policy Manager, Amanda Sullivan-Astor, along with our contract lobbyists from the Victory Group, were invited t...

Aiming to hear from Oregonians about their highway concerns— this summer, state lawmakers will hold a  ‘12-Stop Trans...

The federal Farm Bill has created significant tailwinds for the forest sector in the recent past. Forest sector leaders ha...

As of May 31, 2024, there are two new members on Oregon’s Board of Forestry: • Heath Curtiss, General Counsel for Hampto...

  Associated Oregon Loggers (AOL) and the American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) have submitted a joint comment le...

ODF in partnership with AOL is  embarking on a vital mission to understand and update project costs, ensuring that s...

Meetings to Hear Transportation Concerns Statewide Aiming to hear from Oregonians about their highway concerns— this...

Associated Oregon Loggers urges our forest operators working in eastern Oregon to submit letters to the U.S. Forest Servic...

The House Committee on Agriculture remains committed to marking up a Farm Bill by Memorial Day. On April 16, 2024, the H...

The new fourth edition of the 250-page manual,  ‘Oregon’s Forest Protection Laws: An Illustrated Manual’  is n...

Associated Oregon Loggers is excited to present our first-ever Legislative Report, a vital resource detailing Oregon state...

Review Draft Assessment of Pending Plan Revision for Malheur, Umatilla Wallowa-Whitman National Forests The US Forest Ser...

All public meetings held 5–8 pm. Doors open at 4:30 pm Virtual links to public meetings information is available...

A.  Salvage Rulemaking ODF is seeking comments on their proposed post-disturbance harvest rulemaking. ODF has...

We are thrilled to announce a monumental victory for our members and the broader forest sector in Oregon: the successful p...

The Board of Forestry's recent adoption of the State Lands Habitat Conservation Plan is a failure to develop balanced solu...

We will continue providing updates about this critical case— upon which may hinge the future management of 2.6 million acr...

On January 10, the Department of Labor (DOL) published the final rule , changing how workers may be classified as an indep...

Oregon State University scientists have been studying forest carbon capture and harvest rotations for Western Oregon Dougl...

US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore was the keynote speaker at the Oregon Logging Conference, held at Eugene’s Expo Fairgr...

Over the last few weeks, AOL has been busy testifying and working on key policy issues for our members.  1/2...

The Oregon Watershed Restoration Inventory (OWRI), a comprehensive database managed by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Bo...

To address the workforce challenges forest operators across Oregon face, AOL has written a proactive bill to enhance the u...

On January 30, Oregon Trucking Association (OTA) filed a lawsuit in Douglas County Circuit Court, contesting years of the...

December 28, 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), so the Western Caucus Foundation (WCF)...

In November, the US Forest Service published two notices to begin rulemaking, which intend to alter future national forest...

An Oregon court on Wednesday delivered a blow to Oregon’s signature  Climate Protection Program , invalidating it ove...

House and Senate Republicans are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a review of the Antiquities Act, arguing that fo...

The US Forest Service hosted a public virtual open house online, Dec. 7, 2023 where publics learned, discussed, and submit...

Congress on November 15th averted a federal government shutdown, with the US House passing a Continuing Resolution (CR) th...

In a  press release  on Wednesday, November 15th, the American Forest Resource Council** announced their  j...

An October survey conducted by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center, a Portland-based independent and nonpartisan research...

On November 14th, Oregon State University (OSU) announced it would halt its participation in management of the  Ellio...

Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) offers information resources about changes to the Forest Practices Rules that go into...