by Web Editor | Apr 29, 2013 | News, News/PR
With much of the West mired in drought conditions heading into the summer, the U.S. Forest Service is preparing for what could be another damaging wildfire season. This year, firefighters will be armed with an updated tool to help them battle fires with the precision...
by Web Editor | Apr 26, 2013 | News, News/PR
Before travelling to Missoula to defend its title, Flathead Valley Community College’s national champion logger sports team is hosting its annual Stumpjumper Days competition at the school’s Logger Sports Arena on April 20. Stumpjumper Days showcases the state’s rich...
by Web Editor | Apr 24, 2013 | News, News/PR
Idaho’s state Land Board has approved a timber sale plan for 2014 that calls for harvesting 249 million board feet from state endowment lands, the highest logging level in more than a decade. The timber cut has been fixed at 247 million board feet for the last several...
by Web Editor | Apr 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
Members of the Western Governors’ Association, including Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, said forests are in such bad shape the federal government should turn to industry — like logging — for help. “We have been concerned for some time that federal forest lands...
by Web Editor | Apr 15, 2013 | News, News/PR
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber this week sent a one-page response to the U.S. Forest Service chief questioning the federal government’s legal authority to seek the return of $3.6 million in payments to financially distressed Oregon timber counties. The federal...
by Web Editor | Apr 10, 2013 | News, News/PR
A century from now researchers will gather data from a forest in Maryland to see how, during the previous 100 years, varying levels of species diversity affected its development and how the forest reacted to climate change. The information researchers garner could be...
