by Web Editor | Aug 27, 2012 | News, News/PR
A huge wildfire in California is just the latest destructive blaze to stretch resources across the West during a fire season that has been one of the worst in years. The fires have left some states with thin budgets to scramble to get people, planes, bulldozers and...
by Web Editor | Aug 24, 2012 | News, News/PR
Mississippi is facing the largest outbreak of the Southern Pine Beetle in nearly 20 years, and the state Forestry Commission says the infestation could wreak havoc on the state’s timber industry. MPB’s Daniel Cherry reports how forestry officials are doing...
by Web Editor | Aug 22, 2012 | News, News/PR
Two wildfires in Northern California were threatening more than 3,500 homes and forcing thousands to evacuate Sunday night. About 1,000 firefighters were on the front lines to protect homes and commercial buildings in Manton, Shingletown and Viola in Tehama and Shasta...
by Web Editor | Aug 20, 2012 | News, News/PR
In an effort to prepare Nebraska communities for several pests and diseases that could threaten the state’s trees, the Nebraska Forest Service is starting with an inventory and assessment of trees in central Nebraska. The forest service and the city of North...
by Web Editor | Aug 17, 2012 | News, News/PR
State officials say logging companies harvested a record amount of timber on Idaho’s endowment lands in the past year. According to the Idaho Department of Lands, 330 million board feet of timber worth about $50 million was harvested during the fiscal year that...
by Web Editor | Aug 10, 2012 | News, News/PR
An insect that has the potential to kill millions of trees in Nebraska and southwest Iowa has been found north of Kansas City, Mo., bringing into sharp relief an imminent threat to the region’s canopy. Scientists have confirmed that a dead ash tree in a...
