by Web Editor | Aug 8, 2012 | News, News/PR
Even before the fires start, some folks in the U.S. Forest Service have planned for what to do when they’re extinguished. In the case of the Pony and Ash Creek fires in eastern Montana, federal Burn Area Emergency Recovery crews have already spent almost $1.7 million...
by Web Editor | Aug 6, 2012 | News, News/PR
Western forests could be facing a 100-year drought, turning to scrubland by the end of the century – and taking their ability to soak up carbon with them, according to a new study. The new research, published in Nature Geoscience July 29, suggests the western...
by Web Editor | Aug 3, 2012 | News, News/PR
Wildfires are fast-moving targets, so one of the most important weapons firefighting teams can have is timely, precise information about where the fire is, where it’s likely to spread and what’s in its path. In the past couple of years, firefighters have...
by Web Editor | Aug 1, 2012 | News, News/PR
ReEnergy Holdings recruited more than a dozen suppliers for its new biomass power plant in Lyons Falls, NY as more than 100 people attended Demo Day July 25 to watch wood chippers and learn about a new program offered to those in the logging industry. By midday, 13...
by Web Editor | Jul 30, 2012 | News, News/PR
The Council On Forest Engineering (COFE) will hold its 35th annual meeting September 10-12, 2012 in New Bern, North Carolina at the Doubletree Riverfront Hotel. The theme of the meeting is “Engineering New Solutions for Energy Supply and Demand”. The local host of the...
by Web Editor | Jul 27, 2012 | News, News/PR
Land experts say the acres charred by the High Park fire need $24 million in treatments to protect homes, trails, roads and water supplies from potential flooding, rockslides and runoff of ash and debris. The recommended work includes mulch dropped from helicopters on...
