by Web Editor | Dec 5, 2014 | News, News/PR
A team of experts charged with accelerating the pace of Oregon forest restoration and heading off big fires in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon is proposing a 10-year effort to thin the underbrush in a 100,000-acre area. The proposal is a result of a decision a...
by Web Editor | Dec 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
Lincoln County officials and representatives of the timber industry are cautiously optimistic about the prospect of additional logging activity after the Kootenai National Forest approved the sale of roughly 39 million board-feet of timber northeast of Libby. Kootenai...
by Web Editor | Dec 1, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Thanksgiving turkey’s not even been purchased before a host of evergreen trees start heading down from the hills, to be trucked across the Southeast and up the East Coast. Rodney Buchanan’s crew has been cutting and baling fragrant Fraser firs since...
by Web Editor | Nov 24, 2014 | News, News/PR
After almost four years of work, the U.S. Forest Service has released its final plan for restoration work on almost 600,000 acres of northern Arizona forests. It is believed to be the largest single restoration project in the nation. The Forest Service’s plan states...
by Web Editor | Nov 19, 2014 | News, News/PR
Many years ago forests were regulated and kept in check by fire. Wildfires sparked by lightning would clear dead under brush and give larger, healthier trees room to grow. Today, fires are often sparked by humans – whether intentional or accidental – and result in...
by Web Editor | Nov 14, 2014 | News, News/PR
Washington timber companies have to meet new, stricter guidelines if they want to log on potentially unstable slopes. Representatives of some of those companies testified to the state’s Forest Practices Board Wednesday saying the new regulations go too far and...
