Forestry Smart Policy

Providing context on topics impacting Oregon forest management. We are unapologetic advocates for the forest sector who believe forestry is part of the solution to Oregon’s biggest challenges. We’re subject matter experts who take pride in our ability to distill complex forestry topics into manageable information. We may challenge what you think you know. You may not like what you hear, and we’ll talk about issues that make us uncomfortable, too. Trust our information is grounded in science, facts, and practicality about the forest sector. Send questions to podcast@ofic.com.

Forestry Smart Policy is a news podcast hosted by Oregon Forest Industries Council, with 12 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Oregon Forest Industries Council hosts Forestry Smart Policy, a news show with 12 episodes published.

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  Facts Optional: A Case Study in DEQ’s data spin

  Jan 30, 202648 minS0

  <p>In this episode, Katie Murray, Executive Director of Oregonians for Food and Shelter (OFS) returns to the podcast, but this time to host a conversation with Isabella Nelson, recent graduate from Oregon State University (OSU) with an honors bachelor of science degree in environmental chemistry and a minor in toxicology, and Dr. Kim Anderson, professor from the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at OSU. They discuss Isabella’s internship project with OFS which highlights how the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s flawed data analysis and misuse of environmental monitoring results can lead to inaccurate and warped conclusions. Isab...

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  Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Advancing Mass Timber in Oregon

  Jan 29, 202558 minS0

  <p>In this episode we interview Chris Evans, president of Oregon's newest mass timber manufacturer, TimberLab, who played a major role in the new mass timber ceiling at the Portland International Airport (PDX). We talk about everything from what mass timber is, the history of using large wood in construction, the construction speed advantage of wood buildings that utilize cross laminated timber, mass plywood or other mass timber, the environmental benefits, challenges to larger scale adoption and what policymakers can do to advance this emerging technology. For more information on mass timber, visit the Oregon Forest Resources Institute's page on...

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  Busting the top six myths about the timber industry

  Mar 8, 20241h 3mS0

  <p>This episode with Sara Duncan, Director of Communications for the Oregon Forest Industries Council, takes on the top six myths about the timber industry, including:</p> <p>1. Tree farms are not forests, and the timber industry only plants a monoculture of Douglas-fir.</p> <p>2. Clearcuts are unnecessary, you could just thin forests instead.</p> <p>3. Logging is the number one source of carbon emissions in Oregon and older trees sequester more carbon than young trees.</p> <p>4. The timber industry cuts down trees for toilet paper.</p> <p>5. All timber companies in Oregon are owned by out-of-state, wall street...

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  The 2024 Wildfire Funding Proposal: Getting the Story Right

  Jan 24, 20241h 26mS0

  <p>In this episode, Senator Elizabeth Steiner, Senate co-chair of the full Ways and Means Committee in the Oregon Legislature, discusses a work group she convened that OFIC's Kyle Williams participated in after the end of the 2023 legislative session. The work group was tasked with exploring ways to address Oregon's wildfire funding crisis that has been building for years, and resulted in a concept that will be put forward as a bill (House Bill 4133) under consideration in the upcoming 2024 legislative session. Sen. Steiner and Kyle discuss the elements that led to formation of the work group, who participated and why...

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  Free to Grow: How pesticides help trees grow

  Oct 5, 20231h 12mS0

  <p>This episode with Katie Murray, executive director of Oregonians for Food and Shelter, and Seth Barnes, director of forest policy for the Oregon Forest Industries Council covers all things related to pesticide use in forestry, including: how pesticides (primarily herbicides) are applied either aerially or with a ground crew roughly two to four times in the first few years of a new forests’ life to hold back invasive species and noxious weeds. We also cover the regulations in the Oregon Forest Practices Act related to reforestation and water quality protection (including new protections put in place by the Private Fo...

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