Commissioner Courtney Bangs left her home on Oregon’s north coast at 5am on a Tuesday morning. Her destination; the Oregon Capitol. A working mom of three, her position on the Clatsop County Commission is her first experience with public office. “It’s been like...
Portland, OR, May 23, 2023 – Hampton Lumber leadership is pleased to announce that Randy Schillinger will join Hampton Lumber & Family Forests as its new CEO, effective June 26, 2023. Randy has over 25 years of experience in the Pacific Northwest wood...
There is very little timber being harvested from federal forests in Oregon and Washington these days, despite increasingly severe wildfire seasons and a widely acknowledged need for fuels reduction. What is also true is that what is harvested is hard won progress, the...
The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has a big problem on its hands. Last week it became clear that the 70-year State Forest Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) ODF spent years developing will decimate the agency’s budget, do significantly more economic harm to...
A Northwest timber company is studying how to support bees among trees. Hampton Lumber, a fourth-generation family business, is building pollinator habitats at its timber harvest sites around Oregon and Washington.
