by Web Editor | Mar 10, 2014 | News, News/PR
Advocates say it will lead to better management of New Jersey state forests, which cover approximately 42 percent of the state, or an estimated 1.8 million acres, according to the most recent survey in 2010. Critics argue it is a violation of the public trust,...
by Web Editor | Mar 7, 2014 | News, News/PR
Thieves are stealing valuable growths of bud tissue from the trunks of Coast redwood trees in California, putting their long term survival at risk. Park authorities have responded by closing a road used by the thieves at night. The Newton B. Drury Parkway – a...
by Web Editor | Mar 5, 2014 | News, News/PR
If there’s a silver lining to the endless cold and snow of this winter, it’s that struggling forests are getting a reprieve from the toll of invasive insects. For decades, winters have been too warm to kill off insects, creating a never-ending population...
by Web Editor | Mar 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
Environmental groups say a forest thinning project on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon confirms their worst fears about the Forest Service management of the troubled forest thinning contracts. The festering dispute centers on whether the Forest Service will leave...
by Web Editor | Feb 28, 2014 | News, News/PR
The forest industry in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont is an important component of the region’s economic health, according to new research by the North East State Foresters Association and the Northern Forest Center. Forest-based...
by Web Editor | Feb 26, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Army’s plan to award a 20-year contract to buy power from the ReEnergy Holdings’ Fort Drum biomass power plant on post is being greeted as a sign of stability for the region’s forestry industry. Eric W. Carlson, president of the Empire State...
