OREGON — When I arrived in Roseburg, Oregon in 1975, Douglas County was Timber Capital of the world. Four out of ten employable adults were employed directly in the timber industry. …Fast forward fifty years. Four in one hundred people in Douglas County are directly employed by the timber industry. Fifty percent of the Umpqua National Forest has now burned. Sixty five percent loss of the spotted owl. The County literally did not have enough money to keep the Cartels from moving in and trashing our watersheds. Instead of ever coming close to any level of the mandated timber harvest allowed, all logging plans are automatically challenged legally. Since 1991 environmental groups have filed over 2,000 lawsuits. …There is good news! Eleven timber companies, thirteen conservation groups, and the State of Oregon Fish and Wildlife, have joined into an agreement known as the Private Forest Accord. Everybody is working together to improve watersheds.