by Web Editor | Apr 17, 2015 | News, News/PR
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised the Senate’s move Tuesday night to extend a lifeline to rural Oregon communities with final passage of a two-year renewal of the Secure Rural Schools program. “This extension ends months of uncertainty for Oregon’s rural communities,...
by Web Editor | Apr 13, 2015 | News, News/PR
Bryan Rice, director of forest management for the U.S. Forest Service, spoke at the bi-annual Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum held at the Kane Country Club on Thursday night to give a presentation called “Perspectives from inside the Beltway.” However, Rice received the...
by Web Editor | Apr 10, 2015 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service announced today that 1.45 million acres of America’s forests and watersheds – an area larger than Delaware – are healthier as a result of collaborative partnerships to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. Authorized for...
by Web Editor | Apr 8, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Northwest Forest Plan, the icy truce that ended the 1990s timber wars, continues to unravel as two federal agencies look for new ways to manage Northwest forests. By late April, the Bureau of Land Management says it will release a new plan to manage 2.5 million...
by Web Editor | Apr 6, 2015 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday it will list the northern long-eared bat as threatened and install new protections for the mammal, a move that’s getting mixed reactions from the Pennsylvania timber industry. The service said it’s trying to protect...
by Web Editor | Apr 1, 2015 | News, News/PR
Forests and forest products have long represented a substantial resource endowment in the United States. The nation consumes and produces, when aggregated across product categories, more forest products than any other country. A recent report entitled “The...
