by Web Editor | Apr 14, 2014 | News, News/PR
The state of Oregon will consider selling the whole Elliott State Forest, where legal battles over logging and protections for threatened species have reduced revenues for schools. Jim Paul, assistant director of the Department of State Lands, said Friday the forest...
by Web Editor | Apr 11, 2014 | News, News/PR
A new study released today finds investing in proactive forest management activities in the Sierra Nevada can save up to three times the cost of future fires, reduce high-severity fire by up to 75 percent, and bring added benefits for people, water, and wildlife....
by Web Editor | Apr 9, 2014 | News, News/PR
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has asked the U.S. Forest Service to concentrate its restoration efforts on 5.1 million acres of timberland local advocates believe are most at risk from insect damage in the next 15 years. A provision in the recently passed federal farm...
by Web Editor | Apr 4, 2014 | News, News/PR
A prominent Oregon timber company’s bid to purchase state forest land in Oregon is hitting a nerve with environmentalists who say it could lead to logging on the habitat of species protected by state and federal laws. The Seneca Jones Timber Co. has submitted a bid on...
by Web Editor | Apr 2, 2014 | News, News/PR
Numerous billion-dollar proposals to create more water storage in California are competing for attention and funding during this third year of drought. But there may be a less-expensive way to increase water flows into the Central Valley: Start thinning out the...
by Web Editor | Mar 31, 2014 | News, News/PR
Down a long, sandy road in Wharton State Forest, New Jersey firefighters were busily setting fires from morning through afternoon. They shot streams of flames from gasoline-filled canisters into the brush that crackled and popped this week as clouds of gray smoke rose...
