by Web Editor | Oct 31, 2012 | News, News/PR
Most American’s don’t realize that forest products are a part of daily life. From buildings, bridges, and paper, to energy, chemicals and even jobs, our society depends on trees to provide for us. In recognition of the importance of forest products to our nation,...
by Web Editor | Oct 10, 2012 | News, News/PR
In the worst wildfire season on record, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service ran out of money to pay for firefighters, fire trucks and aircraft that dump retardant on monstrous flames. So officials did about the only thing they could: take money from...
by Web Editor | Oct 8, 2012 | News, News/PR
The Southwest is headed for a mega-drought in our lifetime, the likes of which haven’t been experienced in more than four centuries, according to a recently published study by a coalition of scientists. The likely result will be a mass die-off and redistribution of...
by Web Editor | Oct 3, 2012 | News, News/PR
Franklin Local School district is set to receive an extra boost of $20,000 to help continue programming. The district will receive $21,139 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry’s Trees to Textbooks program. “This money goes...
by Web Editor | Oct 1, 2012 | News, News/PR
Nine owners and managers for four Black Hills logging companies and a general store have been indicted by a federal grand jury for immigration violations and fraud in connection with U.S. Forest Service contracts. A federal grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday...
by Web Editor | Sep 28, 2012 | News, News/PR
Western land managers received warnings from the FBI that terrorist groups might seize on dry conditions and stands of beetle-killed trees to ignite forest fires, which would cost millions to fight and create widespread chaos, Utah’s forester said last week. “We...
