by Web Editor | Apr 25, 2014 | News, News/PR
From 2002 to 2011, Arizona lost a quarter of its forests to wildfires, drought and bark beetle infestation. Decreased public funding for forest thinning and the low economic value of small diameter wood has made the state’s forests especially vulnerable to devastating...
by Web Editor | Apr 23, 2014 | News, News/PR
Hatton-Brown Publishers, Inc. and the Arkansas Timber Producers Assn. (ATPA) have joined forces to sponsor the next In-Woods Expo, a major demonstration/display of forestry equipment, supplies and services that ATPA launched in 2004 and held again in 2007 and 2011....
by Web Editor | Apr 21, 2014 | News, News/PR
Maine Forest Rangers have been threatened, assaulted, held at gunpoint and, in one case, shot and wounded, doing their jobs. Yet, they are the only law enforcement officers in the state who are not permitted to carry a firearm. Sen. Gary Plummer, a Republican from...
by Web Editor | Apr 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
A federal judge has shot down several environmentalist arguments against a 2,000-acre Oregon thinning project in the Mount Hood National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service found that thinning was necessary for forest health but the Bark environmental group filed a...
by Web Editor | Apr 16, 2014 | News, News/PR
Ohio State Rep. Ross McGregor wants legislation that would allow for better prosecution in timber theft crimes, but the state forestry association has concerns the bill could over-regulate the industry. House Bill 515, introduced by McGregor last week, would require a...
by Web Editor | Apr 14, 2014 | News, News/PR
The state of Oregon will consider selling the whole Elliott State Forest, where legal battles over logging and protections for threatened species have reduced revenues for schools. Jim Paul, assistant director of the Department of State Lands, said Friday the forest...
