COTTAGE GROVE – Last week, Douglas County Commissioner Tim Freeman, President of the Association of O&C Counties (AOCC), hosted a quarterly meeting at Starfire Lumber in Cottage Grove, attended by AOCC board members and county commissioners. The meeting included a tour of Starfire Lumber’s new timber-built administration building and facilities.
The gathering followed pivotal federal actions affecting O&C timberlands. In January, Congress passed the FY26 Interior Appropriations Bill, reinstating O&C counties’ historical share of timber…
