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Oregon hires independent expert to review controversial hazard tree removal program OregonLive.com 2 days ago Ted Sickinger, oregonlive.com © Ted Sickinger/The Oregonian/OregonLive Rick Till, a certified arborist from Portland, examining some of the trees cut down in Gates as part of the state's post-wildfire hazard tree removal program. State officials announced Monday they had hired an independent forestry consultant to perform a hasty review of their controversial hazard tree removal program in response to allegations of overcutting and mismanagement. The Washington-ba...

Oregonian/OregonLive photojournalist Beth Nakamura has received a first-place award for feature photography in the 87th National Headliner Awards, honoring the country’s best journalism in 2020.

Oregon’s post-fire logging is taking trees that may never be hazards, experts say Today 7:00 AM Rick Till, a certified arborist from Portland, examining some of the trees cut down in Gates as part of the state's post-wildfire hazard tree removal program. Facebook Share Tree No. 252256 is a 95-foot Douglas Fir that stands south of Oregon 22 east of Mehama, one of dozens of trees in this patch of the Santiam Canyon that has been tagged to be cut as part of the state’s troubled hazard tree removal program. The massive undertaking is slowly creeping westward, leaving swaths of denuded highwa...

Oregon’s embattled state forester, Peter Daugherty, submits resignation Updated May 07, 6:10 PM; Posted May 07, 10:43 AM State Forester Peter Daugherty on the stand at a 2019 trial where jurors awarded 13 rural counties more than $1 billion in a breach of contract lawsuit against the Department of Forestry. Facebook Share Peter Daugherty, Oregon’s state forester and the leader of the long-struggling Department of Forestry, has submitted his resignation to the state board that oversees the department, effective May 31. Daugherty has led the agency since 2016, and his tenure has been mark...

Senator asks Gov. Kate Brown to suspend Oregon’s post-fire hazard tree removal program pending an investigation into allegations of mismanagement Updated Apr 29, 2021; Facebook Share Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, has asked Gov. Kate Brown to suspend Oregon’s post-fire hazard tree removal program and initiate an “inquiry” to vet explosive allegations of mismanagement and excessive harvesting by the contractors on the job, which is being overseen by the Oregon Department of Transportation. The action follows a damning two-hour hearing Wednesday of the Senate Natural Resources and Wildfi...