*** TOMORROW ***Historic Foes Join Forces to Restore Oregon Forests and Jobs
Wyden to Hold Press Conference with Oregon Timber and Conservation Groups to Announce Federal Forestry Legislation
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:30 am EST, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will hold a press conference with representatives from Oregon's timber industry and conservation groups to announce their support of the "Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection and Jobs Act" which Wyden will introduce immediately after the press event. The agreement would resolve the timber industry and environmentalists' decades-old disputes over harvest levels and watershed and old growth protection, and lead to a significant and sustainable increase in harvest in at-risk forests all across central and eastern Oregon.
Who: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
Andy Kerr, The Larch Company
John Shelk, Ochoco Lumber Company
Tim Lillebo, OregonWild
Tom Partin, American Forest Resources Council
Bob Bendick, The Nature Conservancy
Tom Insko, Boise Cascade
Mary Scurlock, Pacific Rivers Council
Randi Spivak, National Center for Conservation Science and Policy.
What: Press conference
When: 10:30 am EST
Where: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562
Audio and Video of the event will be available later in the day.
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