by Web Editor | Nov 25, 2013 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service delayed its response to two environmental groups objecting to a logging plan in a Montana watershed that supplies the bulk of drinking water to 30,000 Helena residents. The Independent Record reported that Deputy Regional Forester Jane Cottrell...
by Web Editor | Nov 22, 2013 | News, News/PR
Oregon Department of Forestry officials will report to a legislative committee on Thursday about the costs of the wildfire season, asking for money to balance the books. This happens every year, but this time the numbers are historic. “This was the most costly...
by Web Editor | Nov 20, 2013 | News, News/PR
There’s a new beetle in town, and it’s put a large chunk of Colorado under an emergency tree quarantine. The state’s department of agriculture said Tuesday that the discovery of the Asian Emerald Ash Borer in Colorado marks the western-most discovery...
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...
