by Web Editor | Jul 15, 2013 | News, News/PR
Scuba divers in Alabama have found an underwater forest off the coast of the state. The Bald Cypress forest has reportedly been buried under ocean sediments in an oxygen-free environment for over 50,000 years, Live Science noted. But it might have been uncovered by...
by Web Editor | Jul 12, 2013 | News, News/PR
Firefighters lost ground Monday to two large Nevada wildfires burning through parched pine forests in northern and southern parts of the state, including a nearly 24-square-mile blaze that forced more than 500 people out of homes in woodsy Mount Charleston enclaves...
by Web Editor | Jul 10, 2013 | News, News/PR
Oregon’s timber harvest reached 3.75 billion board feet in 2012, continuing a recovery from the crash of the housing market and the depths of the recession. In 2009, loggers cut 2.75 billion board feet, but the harvest has increased each year since. The...
by Web Editor | Jul 8, 2013 | News, News/PR
If you doubt that climate change is transforming the American landscape, go to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sweltering temperatures there have broken records this summer, and a seemingly permanent orange haze of smoke hangs in the air from multiple wildfires. Take a ride...
by Web Editor | Jul 1, 2013 | News, News/PR
Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona wildfire out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years. The “hotshot” firefighters...
by Web Editor | Jun 28, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Entomological Society of America is hosting its North Central Branch’s annual meeting in Rapid City this week. On Sunday, scientists from all around the world gathered to hear a presentation on the mountain pine beetle. South Dakota’s forests continue...
