by Web Editor | Jun 25, 2012 | News, News/PR
A rapidly expanding wildfire in Colorado forced the evacuation of more than 11,000 people in communities near Pikes Peak on Sunday, as crews struggled to contain several large blazes around the state amid 100-degree temperatures and strong winds. The fast-moving Waldo...
by Web Editor | Jun 22, 2012 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service and Apache County, Ariz., have launched a first-of-its-kind management plan to thin more than 90,000 acres of forest in hopes of preventing catastrophic fires like last year’s record Wallow Fire. The partnership grew out of county accusations...
by Web Editor | Jun 20, 2012 | News, News/PR
As crews continue to face off against a fast-moving wildfire in northern Colorado, some in the timber industry say the area’s fire danger has been heightened by U.S. Forest Service policies and an economy that discourages them from harvesting millions of acres of dead...
by Web Editor | Jun 18, 2012 | News, News/PR
In Oregon, huge swaths of the Willamette National Forest, perhaps as much as 12,000 acres, has stands of trees less than 40 years old that have never been thinned. The firs are crowded together, making it hard for sunlight to reach them. Competition for resources has...
by Web Editor | Jun 15, 2012 | News, News/PR
Massive wildfires in drought-parched Colorado and New Mexico tested the resources of state and federal crews Monday and underscored the need to replenish an aging U.S. aerial firefighting fleet needed to combat a year-round fire season. Wyoming diverted personnel and...
by Web Editor | Jun 13, 2012 | News, News/PR
Here are some interesting numbers: of the 747 million acres of wooded land in the United States, more than 250 million acres are owned by private individuals and families. Across the country, 11 million families own forests and wooded areas that are vital to our clean...
