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The association unanimously re-elected its 2021 leaders at a virtual meeting Dec. 11. “I am honored by my re-election and sincerely appreciate the continued support of the members of the AOCC, who trust me in leading this crucially important work,” Freeman said in a press release. “Together with my colleagues and the staff at AOCC, we will continue to work hard to secure solutions to manage our unique congressional designated lands.” The association advocates for sustained yield management of federal timberlands in 18 western counties formerly owned by the Oregon & Califor...

It’s about to become easier to salvage timber on Bureau of Land Management lands. The BLM announced last week it has streamlined the approval process for salvage projects as part of a larger wildfire reduction effort. The BLM said in a press release the change will contribute to rural economies, reduce salvage timber waste, reduce future wildfire fuel loads, and reduce hazards to firefighters and other people. The change followed a recommendation by President Donald Trump. Douglas County Commissioner Tim Freeman hailed the change in a BLM press release. “More than 130,000 acres burn...

Health officials reported another outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Curry County and another milestone in virus-related deaths in Douglas County over the weekend. Across the state, health officials have reported over 93,800 cases of the virus and 1,155 virus-related deaths. 35 of those deaths and around 4,000 of those cases came since Friday, state health data show. Statewide, 535 people are hospitalized with the virus, including 125 in intensive care units. Coos County reported 25 new cases of the virus over the weekend, bringing its total case county to 589, county health officials said Monday....

Cascadia Wildlands and a group of other environmental organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday over protections for the northern spotted owl.

I'm tim freeman, a douglas county commissioner. thank you for being here this morning. this morning, i'm here to introduce each of our speakers. but before i do that, i want to thank our governor and our federal delegation for being here to support us in these very difficult days. each of the speakers is going to give their statement and we're not going to do any questions. we are here today to let this federal delegation have a chance to explain their thoughts and as time goes by we'll have more opportunity to understand more of what's happened and have further dialogue. so the first speaker ...