by Web Editor | Jan 16, 2013 | News, News/PR
Evidence is increasing from multiple scientific fields that exposure to the natural environment can improve human health. In a new study by the U.S. Forest Service, the presence of trees was associated with human health. For Geoffrey Donovan, a research forester at...
by Web Editor | Jan 14, 2013 | News, News/PR
Gov. John Kitzhaber said Oregon should step up to help break the deadlock over logging on federal forests, which account for 60% of Oregon’s total. Kitzhaber spoke this morning to the Oregon Board of Forestry, which he has asked to offer a statement to Oregon’s...
by Web Editor | Jan 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
Two conservation groups are challenging the proposed D-Bug logging sale on Umpqua National Forest lands near Crater Lake National Park. Oregon Wild and Cascadia Wildlands filed a notice of intent in late December challenging the D-Bug timber sale old-growth logging...
by Web Editor | Jan 9, 2013 | News, News/PR
A federal forester flicked a Bic, igniting a first bone-dry pile of culled young pines — testing conditions for the looming task of torching 180,000 similar piles across Colorado. The continued construction of houses in burn zones is forcing this effort to thin overly...
by Web Editor | Jan 7, 2013 | News, News/PR
New Mexico firefighters are preparing for another dangerous and devastating fire season, now that the federal government’s long range forecast is calling for another warm, dry spring. It’s now been three years of severe drought for most of the state and...
by Web Editor | Jan 4, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Neiman Timber Co., will not give up its fight against the mountain pine beetle, as the sawmill company donated $50,000 to the Spearfish Canyon Mountain Pine Beetle Project, which falls under the Lawrence County Mountain Pine Beetle Program. “When I look at the...
