SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon is one step closer to using a state forest to help capture and store more planet-warming greenhouse gases, and to fight climate change and earn money through the carbon ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Elliott State Forest near Coos Bay is the largest research forest in the U.S. (Courtesy of Tim Giraudier) Oregon’s leaders ...
Oregon’s leaders have decided for the first time to dedicate an entire state forest to storing harmful greenhouse gases to combat climate change while generating revenue from selling carbon credits.
The Oregon State Land Board recently approved a plan to enroll the Elliott State Forest in the voluntary carbon credit market. The forest spans more than 80,000 acres in southwestern Oregon near Coos ...
The HCP is Oregon’s first for public forest lands, and key as research forest operations begin. SALEM, Ore. – Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest has achieved another major milestone and first for ...
Salem, Ore. — Recently, Senate Bill 147 A received a work session in the Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources. Coastal Republicans, Representatives Boomer Wright (R-Coos Bay) and Court Boice ...
The 93,000-acre Elliott State Forest is in Coos and Douglas Counties. It was the first state forest established in Oregon. It is named after the state's first state forester, Francis Elliott. The ...
Oregon public land officials are considering selling the 93,000-acre Elliot State Forest. Management of the forest previously generated important funds for public schools, but environmental ...
Oregon State University is being touted as a possible savior for the Elliott State Forest, but OSU officials are taking a cautious approach to the possibility of acquiring the hotly contested property ...
Joe Metzler walks across a fallen log over a creek in the Silver Grove, which is surrounded by trees that are over 220 years old, in the Elliott State Forest near Reedsport in 2016. Oregon is one step ...
The fate of the Elliott State Forest near Coos Bay has been the subject of intense negotiation for years, but on Tuesday morning the three members of the State Land Board – Gov. Tina Kotek, Secretary ...
Oregon State University is being touted as a possible savior for the Elliott State Forest, but OSU officials are taking a cautious approach to the possibility of acquiring the hotly contested property ...