by Web Editor | Feb 5, 2014 | News, News/PR
There’s good news and bad news for Colorado forests, according to state and federal officials, who said last week that the mountain pine beetle epidemic slowed dramatically in 2013, while spruce beetles continued to spread. Statewide, mountain pine beetles were active...
by Web Editor | Feb 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
Slash. Burn. Cut. This coming year, northern Arizona will leap into an era of logging not seen in a generation. The historic Four Forest Restoration Initiative will begin in earnest on the region’s forests in 2014. That means logging trucks, and lots of them. The 4FRI...
by Web Editor | Jan 31, 2014 | News, News/PR
Fads in Oregon forestry come and go, but policy makers should recognize the value in a multiplicity of approaches, according to John Gordon, Pinchot professor emeritus and former dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. “Oregon has a lot of...
by Web Editor | Jan 27, 2014 | News, News/PR
The improving demand for Pacific Northwest timber has strained logging and hauling capacity due to lack of investment in equipment during the housing downturn. A lack of work also convinced many loggers to seek employment in the oil and gas industries. The rebounding...
by Web Editor | Jan 24, 2014 | News, News/PR
Most of the downed old-growth trees are gone from the Wilderness Center in southwest Stark County. A total of 142 truckloads of logs were hauled away last fall from the center near Wilmot that was devastated July 10, when a major thunderstorm flattened more than 1,000...
by Web Editor | Jan 20, 2014 | News, News/PR
Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced the Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the O&C Lands Act of 2013 on February 6. The bill will double the timber harvest on O&C Lands in 18 Oregon counties, giving mills and rural communities a...
