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Friday, January 27, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Thompson Library Exhibit » Thompson Library Exhibit The public is invited to experience the beautiful white oak paneling, millwork and furnitur...
Monday, December 5, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) OFAF Accepting 2017 Scholarship Applications » The Ohio Forestry Association Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2017 EB Miller Memorial Scholar...
Friday, February 12, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) OFA Member Jeremy Scherf Named National Outstanding Tree Farm Inspector of the Year » OFA Member and Ohio Forestry Wildlife and Conservation Camp Co-Chair was honored with the award of the National Outstandin...
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) New OFA Executive Director! » Brad Perkins on Board! New Executive Director Brad Perkins is now on-board with OFA and quickly getting involved with a...
Thursday, April 2, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) Northern Long Eared Bat "threatened" » UF&WS Issues "Threatened” Determination on Northern Long Eared Bat Today, the US Fish & Wildlife Service...
Monday, March 2, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) York Risk Svcs. Announces TPA Combination to Operate Under CareWorks Comp Name » York Risk Services Announces TPA Combination to Operate Under CareWorks Comp Brand Name York Risk Services Gr...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) RL Lute Logging 2015 Logger of the Year » Ray Lute II of R. L. Lute Logging in Lucasville Ohio was named the 2015 Logger of the Year at the recent OFA Annual Meetin...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) OFA members can buy/sell forestry related items on OFA site. » OFA has added a classified advertising page to its website. OFA Members may post forestry related classified items at no c...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) IN Finds Thousand Cankers Disease on State Forest » The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is reporting that it has detected the first incidence of Thousand Canke...
Friday, June 13, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) OH & Holmes Co. Forest Prod. Ind. Article in Farm & Dairy » Chris Kick, writer for the Farm and Dairy Newspaper, wrote an outstanding article about Ohio's forest products indu...
Thursday, December 5, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) Members Can Save Through Energy Services Program » OFA Member Companies Can Save Through the Energy Services Program With No Costs and No Obligations to Participate...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) Proposed Rule For Hardwood Lumber & Hardwood Plywood Promotion » The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has published a proposed rule for the Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood Plywood Promot...
Thursday, September 19, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) New OFA Member Benefit! » OFA is pleased to share a new benefit for our members. Riverside Energy offers services to help OFA members understand and...
Thursday, September 5, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) Giant Hardwood Stair » Giant Hardwood Stair Highlights London Design Festival. Take a look at the picture of a giant, interlocking stair,...
Friday, June 28, 2013 (1 Comment - view/add) Ohio Forest Products Awareness Week is Official! » On Thursday 6/28/13 OFA's President, Ryan Redoutey of Redoutey Logging, 1st Vice President, Rob McCarthy of Industrial Ti...
Thursday, June 20, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) Paul Bunyan Show Exhibitors! Reserve your exhibit space on-line! » Attention Paul Bunyan Show Exhibitors! The registration for booth space, program advertising and sponsorship opportunities...
Thursday, June 20, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) House AG Comm. votes to accept Amend107 (“Forest Roads”) in the Farm Bill » House AG Committee votes to accept Herrera-Beutler/Schrader Amendment 107 ("Forest Roads”) in the Farm Bill. ...
Thursday, June 20, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) Farm & Dairy Visits Foresty Camp! » Farm & Dairy visited the Ohio Forestry & Wildlife Conservation Camp last week and enjoyed a day in the woods with...
Monday, March 25, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) Invitation to Bid for Timber Marking » Invitation to Bid for Timber Marking Services DATE ISSUED: March 22, 2013 PRO...
Thursday, January 31, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) OSU Study shows Ohio's Forest products economy is substantial » OSU Study shows Ohio’s forest products economy is substantial. Recently, Dr. Eric McConnell, OSU Forest Products and Ope...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) Invitation to Bid Timber Marking Services » The State of Ohio, through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Forestry (DOF) is requesting proposals...
Thursday, December 6, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) Blue Rock Timber Marking Job » Invitation to Bid for Timber Marking Services The State of Ohio, through the Ohio Department of Natural Resour...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) Glatfelter Seeks Procurement Forester » Glatfelter seeks Procurement Forester - Glatfelter has announced they are seeking to fill a position of Procurement Fores...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) OFA comments on EPA Proposed Revisions to Stormwater Regulations. » OFA comments on the EPA Notice of Proposed Revisions to Stormwater Regulations on Logging Roads. On Tuesday, Septemb...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) OFA Requests Congressional Support on Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act » OFA sent a letter to Congressman Bob Gibbs (OH-18) from Zanesville asking for his full support of HR 2541, The Silvicu...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) Supreme Ct. to Review Logging Rd. Regulations Case » US Supreme Court Agrees to Review Court Case on Logging Road Regulation - On June 25, the US Supreme Court elected t...
Monday, June 4, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) OFA Supports Farm Bill » OFA was a co-signer of a letter to Congress supporting Farm Bill action that has particular interest for the forestry and...
Friday, May 25, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) US EPA Agrees not to require Stormwater Permits on Logging Roads. » US EPA Agrees not to require Stormwater Permits on Logging Roads. This past week, the US EPA filed a Notice of Intent not...
Friday, April 27, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) OFA Urgess Senate to co-sponsor Forest Products Fairness Act » OFA urges Ohio’s Senators Portman and Brown to co-sponsor the Forest Products Fairness Act, S. 2346 . This act would in...
Monday, March 19, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) OFA urges Congress to maintain US Forest Service funding. » OFA recently joined a coalition of forestry organizations urging Congress to maintain US Forest Service funding for the...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) OFA Supports Collins Amendment » OFA Co-Signs a coalition letter organized by the National Association of Manufacturers to urge US Senators to vote for th...
Friday, January 20, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) EPA Boiler MACT Rules Implementation » Following action by the US District Court in Washington DC to remove the stay on the implementation of Boiler MACT rules b...
Friday, January 20, 2012 (0 Comments - view/add) New law shields timberland owners from permit fees for logging roads » Congress passes legislation to allow EPA to continue the silvicultural non-point source exemption on logging roads in the...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 OFA participated in a coalition of trade associations » OFA participated in a coalition of trade associations, including the Ohio Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Association,...
Monday, November 21, 2011 (0 Comments - view/add) Greg Baker - Baker & Sons Equipment » OFA joins our membership in mourning the devastating loss of Greg Baker, CEO of Baker and Sons Equipment Co. He passed awa...
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