The Jewell School District in the Clatsop State Forest predicts it could lose nearly $1 million in revenue if a plan to scale back logging is implemented.
The conference is sponsored by some of the largest timber and real estate holding companies in the world, including Weyerhaeuser, and will be attended by officials from large banks such as J.P Morgan as well as international conservation and land trust groups, such as The Nature Conservancy and Pacific Forest Trust.