by Web Editor | Aug 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
Everyone can understand the importance of a yearly checkup for monitoring one’s general health and wellbeing. Regular “checkups” are also necessary to gauge the overall health and monitoring needs of U.S. forests, so managers, scientists, and decision makers look to...
by Web Editor | Aug 17, 2016 | News, News/PR
From: Timber Harvesting Staff A record number of manufacturers, dealers, distributors, agencies and service providers, representing at least 115 brands, will participate in the 2016 Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show. The 15th rendition of the event gets underway...
by Web Editor | Aug 15, 2016 | News, News/PR
A new study finds the West is likely to see slower-growing Douglas fir trees in the future, as temperatures and droughts increase with climate change. Researchers with the University of California-Davis took core samples from 122 Douglas fir trees across the region to...
by Web Editor | Aug 12, 2016 | News, News/PR
The National Association of State Foresters and its partners on the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) campaign have unveiled new Smokey Bear wildfire prevention public service announcements (PSAs). For a preview, please visit:...
by Web Editor | Aug 10, 2016 | News, News/PR
A Bitterroot National Forest timber thinning project that’s been in the works for nearly five years has gone up in smoke as a result of the Roaring Lion fire. The Westside Collaborative Vegetation Management Project proposed to thin about five miles of national forest...
by Web Editor | Aug 5, 2016 | News, News/PR
An abandoned, illegal campfire sparked the Soberanes Fire that has scorched more than 67-square miles of Monterey County and killed one person, state fire officials announced Tuesday. The campfire was about 2-feet by 2-feet and burning away from official hiking trails...