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...
by Web Editor | Mar 28, 2014 | News, News/PR
A federal appeals court sided with the state of Alaska on Wednesday in a ruling that could open a large portion of the Tongass National Forest to road building and logging. In a split decision, a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ruling by a...
by Web Editor | Mar 26, 2014 | News, News/PR
Facing the prospect of a dangerous wildfire season made worse by a devastating drought, Colorado officials are thinking about spending millions of dollars to invest in a new fleet of firefighting air tankers. A bipartisan proposal before the state Senate would give...
