The U.S. Forest Service investing $3.7 million in Oregon, with Prineville receiving $1 million of the funding.
The money is meant to help strengthen the wood products economy and promote sustainable forest management.
$1 million will also go to Prairie Wood Products in East Oregon and to the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians in Southwest Oregon. $737,100 goes to Heartwood Biomass in Northeast Oregon.
Another $1 million goes to SDS Lumber in Southern Washington.
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