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Oregon lawmakers seek to reverse timber tax cuts that cost communities billions
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Oregon lawmakers seek to reverse timber tax cuts that cost communities billions

For decades, corporate timber benefited from tax cuts that devastated local budgets. Lawmakers want change and have filed dozens of bills, making this one of Oregon’s most consequential sessions for forest policy.
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Where they stand: The parties on BC’s ailing forest industry

Wildfires, pine beetles and markets have left the once dominant industry in steep decline. Now’s the time to reinvent it, some say.
Natural debate: Do forests grow better with our help or without?
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Natural debate: Do forests grow better with our help or without?

A new study shows that the potential for natural forest regrowth to absorb carbon from the atmosphere and fight climate change is far greater than has previously been estimated.

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What if the answer to California’s wildfire woes is more fire?

Meet the environmentalists who are burning trees to save the forest.
British Columbia’s 'irreplaceable' forest could disappear after decades of clear-cut logging
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British Columbia’s 'irreplaceable' forest could disappear after decades of clear-cut logging

Just 9% of the ancient, old growth forest is protected. With industry closing in, advocates are raising the alarm.
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