Habitat conservation areas and riparian conservation stream buffers mean less land for logging. While timber harvests would continue to exist in the state forests, the plan’s overall effect on ...

What the Habitat Conservation Plan would do. The HCP is designed to bring western Oregon’s forests into alignment with the federal Endangered Species Act, preserving habitat for at least 17 ...

What the Habitat Conservation Plan would do. The HCP is designed to bring western Oregon’s forests into alignment with the federal Endangered Species Act, preserving habitat for at least 17 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently reviewing a proposal — called a Habitat Conservation Plan, drafted by 11 private Collier landowners — that would cluster development on 45,000 ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — A crowd of about 100 people gathered at the Oregon Board of Forestry’s March 8 meeting to blast a proposed habitat conservation plan that would restrict logging […] ...

In a 4-3 vote on March 7, the Oregon Board of Forestry approved finalization of a habitat conservation plan for western Oregon state forests that will regulate management of those ...

The Habitat Conservation Plan, known as HCP, would have clustered development on 45,000 acres around Immokalee, while preserving 107,000 acres of prime panther habitat.

Finding a compromise is never easy, particularly when it comes to Oregon's state forests. For years, the Oregon Department of Forestry has attempted to strike a balance between habitat protection ...

A habitat conservation plan allows, ... “We do need an HCP,” state forest division chief Mike Wilson said at Thursday’s meeting. “Take avoidance will not work for us.

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Forestry is moving forward with a controversial new Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). The plan is meant to help endangered species by protecting almost ...

What the Habitat Conservation Plan would do. The HCP is designed to bring western Oregon’s forests into alignment with the federal Endangered Species Act, preserving habitat for at least 17 ...