by Web Editor | Aug 25, 2014 | News, News/PR
At one point in time, longleaf pine forests in the United States stretched 90 million acres, from Virginia to Texas–but fire suppression, agriculture and development combined to devastate this critical ecosystem. For decades, longleaf pines, which can reach 100 feet...
by Web Editor | Aug 22, 2014 | News, News/PR
High on a ridgeline in the Stanislaus National Forest, Chris Schow is driving through miles after mile of dead, blackened trees. “Obviously, before the Rim Fire came through, these trees would have been green, alive,” he says. As the U.S. Forest...
by Web Editor | Aug 20, 2014 | News, News/PR
After a week long trial in Missoula County District Court, a jury announced a nearly $17 million verdict late Thursday night in favor of a Montana logging company and against its lender, First Interstate Bank. Kelly Logging Inc. alleged that First Interstate took...
by Web Editor | Aug 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ruling on Wednesday is expected to benefit the nation’s forest products industry through a new preference in a government program for purchases of bio-based products. The USDA’s BioPreferred Program requires every federal agency...
by Web Editor | Aug 15, 2014 | News, News/PR
From the air, the green fabric of the Black Hills National Forest landscape is stained with red spots and gray streaks. The less verdant areas are the toll of several years of mountain pine beetle infestation. And yet, despite the loss of thousands of trees, a flight...
by Web Editor | Aug 13, 2014 | News, News/PR
President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued a disaster declaration and approved federal aid for wildfire-scorched Washington state, as the U.S. West Coast struggles with a near-record fire season that experts say will likely worsen in the coming weeks. The declaration...
