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...
by Web Editor | Jan 17, 2014 | News, News/PR
If you’re looking for something positive about the deep freeze that gripped New Jersey last week, it could be a slowing of the southern pine beetle infestation. But foresters caution that cold weather is only part of the equation. “If you have sustained cold, it will...
