by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
A renowned conservation biologist who has done research for the Forest Service for more than a decade is suing the agency to try to block logging in the Sierra Nevada mountains above Lake Tahoe. He says it’s being done illegally under the guise of reducing...
by Web Editor | Nov 15, 2013 | News, News/PR
The wildfire raging in Pendleton County has spread over 1,400 acres across the Smoke Hole area of the Cheat-Potomac Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest, approximately 11 miles southwest of Petersburg. Between Tuesday and Wednesday the fire’s...
by Web Editor | Nov 13, 2013 | News, News/PR
Legislation that would amend the Tax Reform Code of 1971 to exclude Pennsylvania timber companies from paying sales and use tax on items used directly in their operations will go to the state House of Representatives on Wednesday for second consideration. Earlier this...
by Web Editor | Nov 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Oregon Department of Forestry is seeking public input about a property acquisition that could incorporate 29,000 acres into the Gilchrist State Forest. The 60-day public comment period began Nov. 5 and will close Jan. 3. A public hearing will be Dec. 5 in Klamath...
by Web Editor | Nov 8, 2013 | News, News/PR
For years, Davey Pitcher pushed federal foresters for permission to protect trees just outside of his family’s Wolf Creek Ski Area from the invasion of the spruce beetle. The West Fork complex of wildfires bore down on Wolf Creek this summer. Davey Pitcher wants the...
by Web Editor | Nov 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
Colorado’s U.S. Senator Mark Udall, a strong voice for proactively reducing wildfire risk throughout Colorado, led a bipartisan and bicameral letter pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to partner with the timber industry to reduce wildfire risks in...
