by Web Editor | Jun 12, 2015 | News, News/PR
“Annually, 30,000 acres is what we’re treating,” said Craig Bobzien, supervisor of the Black Hills National Forest. “We’re trending up in acres thinned every year, steadily increasing based on our capabilities.” With national legislators pushing for more and faster...
by Web Editor | Jun 10, 2015 | News, News/PR
Despite a wet spring over much of the nation, the Obama administration warned Tuesday of potentially catastrophic wildfires this summer, especially in the Southwest and Northwest. “We’ve been very fortunate here in the central part of the country to have...
by Web Editor | Jun 8, 2015 | News, News/PR
Weyerhaeuser, Others Make Diaper Donation Weyerhaeuser recently completed its Operation Diaper Drive with record-breaking results. During the annual drive, which ran from March 4-25, Weyerhaeuser, its customers and vendors donated 1.5 million diapers to families in...
by Web Editor | Jun 5, 2015 | News, News/PR
The bracken ferns already have come back strong, along with the wild irises and ground-hugging thimbleberries. But all around them are charred stumps and trees so badly scorched by last fall’s wildfire, known as the 36 Pit Fire, that they are dying. The fire,...
by Web Editor | May 29, 2015 | News, News/PR
Vaagen Brothers Lumber is a fourth-generation business based in Colville, Washington, east of the Cascades. Today, we specialize in processing small logs, and in so doing we produce a good quantity of chips and bioenergy feedstocks, but the company has undergone many...
by Web Editor | May 27, 2015 | News, News/PR
When Marty Stromberg first started managing her 160-acre tract that locals call Jack Pine Flats, she could turn a little profit from the trees that went to the nearby mill. Back in the 1980s, she did most of her logging with help from her big team of horses. By the...
