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Timber harvesting, processing, and employment in the northwest economic adjustment initiative region : changes and economic assistance

Creator:

Raettig, Terry L. and Christensen, Harriet H.

Abstract:

The Northwest economic adjustment initiative (NWEAI) provides economic assistance to a region including western Washington, western Oregon, and northern California. Timber harvests have fallen markedly in this region since 1990. The forest products industry is the largest manufacturing sector in the region, and employment has followed the downward trend in...

Resource Type:

Technical Report
The Works Progress Administration in Oregon : An Administrative Overview

Creator:

Butcher, Karyle S.

Abstract:

The depression of the 1930s had an early effect on the state of Oregon. A decline in timber and agricultural production resulted in severe unemployment in the late 1920s. State and local charitable organizations attempted to care for the unemployed but they did not have the financial resources to do...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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resources to do so. Although President Herbert Hoover was worried about the effects of the growing economic