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2009 timber harvest verged on historic low

PORTLAND — Continued weakness in housing construction sent the Oregon timber harvest to near-historic lows last year, the state Department of Forestry said Friday.

The 2009 harvest was 2.748 billion board feet, a 20 percent decline from a weak 2008 and the lowest figure since a Great....

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