by Web Editor | Oct 8, 2014 | News, News/PR
A female beetle decoy may soon rid the United States of the destructive emerald ash borer. An international team of researchers has developed a decoy female ash borer that attracts, then electrocutes the male beetles as they land on it to mate. The results of the...
by Web Editor | Oct 6, 2014 | News, News/PR
Forests in the Northwoods and Upper Peninsula may look different in the next century thanks to a warming climate. A new report from the U.S. Forest Service predicts fewer of some types of conifers and more hardwoods in northern forests. A new analysis of climate data...
by Web Editor | Oct 1, 2014 | News, News/PR
This is an interesting time in the Wisconsin logging business, one of the state’s signature industries. Sawmills are looking for logs and the logging industry is looking for loggers. “It’s a smidge more complicated than that but, yes, you could say there...
by Web Editor | Sep 29, 2014 | News, News/PR
A new report released by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy shows that many Sierra Nevada forests are in critical condition and that natural benefits that these forests provide, such as clean air and water, are at risk from large, intense fire. Sierra watersheds are the...
by Web Editor | Sep 24, 2014 | News, News/PR
At least ten homes and 22 other structures were consumed by flames as the massive King Fire east of Placerville (El Dorado County) grew to more than 82,000 acres and spewed smoke across the state early Sunday, California Department of Forestry and Fire officials said....
by Web Editor | Sep 22, 2014 | News, News/PR
Timbervest LLC acquired 13,220 acres of timberland in Georgia, Tennessee and Vermont. The Atlanta-based timber-related asset and investment manager said the land will be part of its $400 million commingled Timbervest Partners III LP investment fund (TVP III). Some...
