by Web Editor | Jul 2, 2014 | News, News/PR
An Arizona mining company has paid the U.S. Forest Service $551,000 to cover costs associated with a fire sparked by an employee three years ago. The Arizona Star reports Rosemont Copper made the payment in early June as part of a settlement with the Forest Service....
by Web Editor | Jun 30, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the Red Mountain Flume Chessman Reservoir timber project that officials say is necessary to protect Helena’s water supply. The Montana Ecosystems Defense Council and the Native Ecosystems Council filed...
by Web Editor | Jun 27, 2014 | News, News/PR
Trudging through a densely planted patch of hardwoods in spitting rain, Ronald Mahoney spotted one more. He yanked the chain saw into action, sawed a V-shaped wedge into the trunk and finished it off with a clean cut from the opposite side. The birch, particularly...
by Web Editor | Jun 25, 2014 | News, News/PR
Eric Roussel and colleagues were working down in the Sweetwater Range a few months back when they noticed something unusual. The Nevada Division of Forestry crew, conducting a fuels reduction project in a thick stand of pinyon-juniper, felled trees that normally...
by Web Editor | Jun 23, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two conservation groups made the first legal challenge to a logging operation excluded from environmental analysis and public review under the 2014 Farm Bill. On Thursday, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit in U.S. District...
by Web Editor | Jun 20, 2014 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service has designated national forestlands in Central Oregon and elsewhere that are prone to insect infestation, disease outbreaks and massive wildfires, a move that could speed up projects aimed at improving forest health. “If there is a project that...
