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...
by Web Editor | Jun 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
For the first time, California forestry officials intend to give counties and organizations money raised through a contested assessment on property in wildfire-prone areas to be used for wildfire prevention projects. The funds will be awarded as part of a one-time...
by Web Editor | Jun 16, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Legislature is poised to take another crack at allowing commercial logging on more than a million acres of New Jersey’s forests. The issue deeply split the state’s environmental community when it was approved in the previous legislative session, but it ended up...
by Web Editor | Jun 13, 2014 | News, News/PR
A Montana federal judge has ruled that the Gallatin National Forest can log certain sections of trees that were burned in the Millie Fire two years ago. Last week, U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen of Missoula ruled that two environmental groups failed to prove...
by Web Editor | Jun 11, 2014 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released information showing how limited federal firefighting budgets have impacted states over the last two fiscal years (FYs 2012 and 2013). The state-by-state report provides examples of how funding for local wildfire...
by Web Editor | Jun 9, 2014 | News, News/PR
Three Oregon environmental groups filed a notice of intent to sue timber companies and stop them from logging on three parcels of the Elliott State Forest. Seneca Jones and Scott Timber bought the parcels from the Department of State Lands for a combined $4.2 million...
