by Web Editor | Feb 28, 2014 | News, News/PR
The forest industry in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont is an important component of the region’s economic health, according to new research by the North East State Foresters Association and the Northern Forest Center. Forest-based...
by Web Editor | Feb 26, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Army’s plan to award a 20-year contract to buy power from the ReEnergy Holdings’ Fort Drum biomass power plant on post is being greeted as a sign of stability for the region’s forestry industry. Eric W. Carlson, president of the Empire State...
by Web Editor | Feb 21, 2014 | News, News/PR
A recent aerial survey is revealing that the 18-year battle to eradicate the mountain pine beetle from the Black Hills is slowing the pest’s progress. But despite reports by the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies that indicate that the beetles infested just...
by Web Editor | Feb 17, 2014 | News, News/PR
On the first Sunday in January, Tom Hein stood on the tarmac in Humboldt County, in northern California, watching an air tanker come in for a landing. The Grumman S-2T was one of three tankers working to put out the “Red Fire,” a blaze that caught on a mountain ridge...
by Web Editor | Feb 12, 2014 | News, News/PR
Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Robert Bonnie announced today a multi-year partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve the health and resiliency of forest ecosystems...
by Web Editor | Feb 10, 2014 | News, News/PR
Already under fire for siphoning money into a secret fund, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has been ordered to pay more than $32 million in legal bills for those it blamed for starting a 65,000-acre forest fire. In a scathing...
