Forest Management
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Ecotrust's forest team nabs B Lab praise
The Ecotrust outfit’s forest management team has landed a coveted honor from the group that acknowledges sound business practices. Ecotrust Forest Management was named one of the world’s top 67 companies…
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Pacific Power seeks fund manager for Blue Sky program
Pacific Power is seeking an administrator to oversee fish habitat projects funded by its Blue Sky renewable energy program. The program is looking for a fund administrator to recommend and coordinate…
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Stoel Rives, Oregon claim Supreme Court logging win
Portland's largest law firm and Oregon's justice department are trumpeting yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding private and public logging road regulations as a win for private and public…
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Oregon's energy dept. issues rural-aimed grants
Oregon's energy department and the U.S. Forest Service have kicked six grants over to small wood energy project operators.Each of the six projects, which will share the Oregon Department of Energy's $168,000…
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Sustainable Northwest seeks successor for Martin Goebel
Sustainable Northwest, a nonprofit focused on rural sustainability, is hiring an executive director to serve as a successor to Martin Goebel, the organization's founder and president. "Now it is time…
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Portland among the best for urban forests
American Forests has named Portland one of its “10 Best U.S. Cities for Urban Forests” in part for turning a freeway into Tom McCall Waterfront Park. The list, which isn't ranked, also includes Austin,…
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Building energy benchmarking gets underway in Washington D.C.
Building owners across the District have three months to accumulate energy use data for nearly 1,100 properties and submit it to the D.C. government for mandatory benchmarking. The final benchmarking…
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Plum Creek to fund water-quality research at Oregon State
Large forest land owner Plum Creek committed $500,000 to endow a research position focused on water quality at the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. The money will support the Plum Creek…
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Oregon's thermal opportunity would put forest waste to work
Blue Mountain District Hospital in John Day was spending $150,000 on heating bills. With two 1950s-era boilers burning crude oil for both heat and hot water, CEO Bob Houser didn’t have to think hard…
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Kitzhaber issues order to support Oregon wood products
Gov. John Kitzhaber on Monday issued an executive order designed to promote Oregon's wood products and sustainable forest management. Kitzhaber announced the order while speaking at the Oregon Forest…
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UPS Foundation grants $2M to forestry projects
The UPS Foundation will mark United Parcel Service Inc.'s global volunteer month in October by giving $2.2 million in grants to fund a forestry initiative. Organizations getting money include DonorsChoose.org,…
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Ecotrust Forest Management named top impact investment fund
A panel of experts named Ecotrust Forest Management to its annual list of experienced private debt and equity impact investment fund managers. The ImpactAssets 50 was compiled by selecting firms with…
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OSU studying 'semi-dwarf' trees for greener forest management
Oregon State University researchers are studying how growing shorter trees can lead to more sustainable and productive forest management practices. The work of the OSU forest genetics scientists, published…
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Gallery: Tropical Salvage positions sustainable furniture business for retail focus
Tropical Salvage, a furniture company focused on recycling tropical wood, is getting ready to move into a giant warehouse space in a bid to remake its business from behind-the-scenes supplier to story-telling…
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Gorge group sues Skamania County on environmental grounds
A Columbia Gorge advocacy group is taking Skamania County to court. Portland-based Friends of the Columbia Gorge is charging the county with “failing to protect its critical areas and resource lands…
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Electric car promotion aims to plant Texas trees
Record droughts and heavy tornado activity have wiped out more than 500 million trees across Texas, or about 10 percent of the state’s total, according to the Texas Forest Service. In response, eVgo,…
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Portland getting greener
When it comes to trees, Portland isn't resting on its green laurels. it's getting greener. The city's urban tree canopy has grown by 2.6 percent over the last decade, according to new data from a Portland…
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HM3 Energy lands Oregon BEST grant
The Oregon Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Center announced its second commercialization grant in as many months, awarding $86,000 to HM3 Energy for emissions testing of its biomass energy…
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Oregon lands grant for wood energy cluster
Gov. John Kitzhaber announced Thursday that Oregon won the nation's first-ever grant to support a wood-energy cluster, a pilot project that will be developed with the U.S. Forest Service. The $168,000…
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GreenWood Resources sells majority stake to TIAA-CREF
Financial services giant TIAA-CREF has purchased a controlling majority stake in GreenWood Resources Inc. Portland-based GreenWood will become a subsidiary of TIAA but will continue to operate independently.…
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Group releases draft of biomass strategy for Oregon
The state's Forest Biomass Working Group released this week a draft strategy document that aims to focus efforts to develop the state's biomass industry. The Forest Biomass Strategy, available for download…
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Forest Capital Partners sells its timberland business
Forest Capital Partners LLC closed a deal Friday to sell its 1.88 million acre timberland portfolio to Hancock Timber Resource Group and Molpus Woodlands Group. Financial details of the transaction were…
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Ecotrust releases open source tool for complex decision makers
Ecotrust this week released an open source software platform that the nonprofit group hopes will be used to support collaborative processes for complex decision making. The software, called Madrona, builds…
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GreenWood Resources, Columbia Forest Products team on veneer
Columbia Forest Products and GreenWood Tree Farm Fund announced this week they've signed a deal to use GreedWood's Boardman-raised poplars as a supply for hardwood veneer planes made using Columbia's formaldehyde-free…
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Sustainable Northwest Wood debuts dramatic new 'blue pine'
A new stock of distinctively hued pine has arrived at Sustainable Northwest Wood. The Portland depot for sustainably harvested wood is now stocking Campground Blue Pine, a salvaged wood with a story to…
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