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)...
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...
