by Web Editor | Aug 2, 2013 | News, News/PR
With the five largest fires burning in Douglas and Josephine counties having grown to more than 35,000 acres, southwest Oregon now has the dubious distinction of being the nation’s wildfire hot spot. More than 3,500 firefighters from throughout Oregon and around...
by Web Editor | Jul 26, 2013 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has postponed three Oregon timber sales, saying that it needs time to consider a federal court decision that ordered it to sell more timber in Southern Oregon. However, a timber industry group has filed an emergency motion asking the...
by Web Editor | Jul 24, 2013 | News, News/PR
Amid fresh furor, the U.S. Forest Service is considering letting a troubled timber company transfer the biggest forest restoration project in history. The Forest Service announced on Monday that it has received a request from Pioneer Forest Products to transfer the...
by Web Editor | Jul 22, 2013 | News, News/PR
Beginning with early colonists who landed in the New World loaded with dreams, grit and perhaps the continent’s first alien forest pests, and continuing today with the expansion of global trade, the northeastern United States has been ground zero for damaging...
by Web Editor | Jul 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
Evacuation orders affecting about 6,000 people remained in force Thursday as the Mountain Fire near Idyllwild and Fern Valley continued to rage, authorities said. The 22,800-acres wildfire was about 15% contained, the U.S. Forest Service said in a statement....
by Web Editor | Jul 17, 2013 | News, News/PR
Will fighter aircraft technology make its way into the forest to enable more efficient operation of forestry machines? The Swedish-Norwegian company Optea is ready to present its pioneering The Forest Falcon to the world’s gaze at Elmia Wood. A ‘head-up display’ (HUD)...
