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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 10 > Timber harvest down 12 percent

Timber harvest down 12 percent


July 10, 2008

OAKRIDGE — The nationwide housing slump led to a sharp reduction in the number of trees cut in Oregon last year.

The statewide timber harvest dropped to 3.8 billion board feet in 2007, a 12 percent decline from the year before and the smallest harvest since 2001, the state Department....

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