by Web Editor | Mar 9, 2016 | News, News/PR
While project updates from three separate agencies — U.S. Forest Service, New Mexico State Forestry and the Village of Ruidoso — were the topic for Tuesday’s Forest Health talk, the lessons of working together was the common theme. Both Timber Management Officer Frank...
by Web Editor | Mar 7, 2016 | News, News/PR
German Pellets Fate Hangs In The Balance In Louisiana A week after an insolvency court in Germany initiated proceedings against the assets of German Pellets GmbH, one of German Pellets’ affiliate wood pellet operations in the U.S., Louisiana Pellets (also German...
by Web Editor | Feb 24, 2016 | News, News/PR
Forests nationwide are feeling the heat from increasing drought and climate change, according to a new study by scientists from 14 research institutions. “Over the last two decades, warming temperatures and variable precipitation have increased the severity of...
by Web Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | News, News/PR
More than 10 million acres of forest burned in 2015, the worst year for U.S. wildfires ever recorded. With incredibly dry conditions across the American West, fire lines were intensely hot and flames spread faster, producing some of the most dangerous conditions...
by Web Editor | Feb 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
Millions of acres of Colorado’s native forestlands have been impacted by bark beetles in the past two decades, and now an exotic tree pest – the emerald ash borer (EAB) – is threatening the state’s planted urban forests. The potential economic impacts of EAB in the...
by Web Editor | Feb 17, 2016 | News, News/PR
On paper, this region is blessed with a pioneering 2 million-acre forest restoration plan that is a model for the rest of the nation. But in reality, there is little to show yet for all the effort that has gone into the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI). More...