by Web Editor | Mar 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
Woodland owners in Illinois may be surprised to learn that timber produced on their land is part of a $23 billion industry in Illinois and is a major contributor to the state’s economy, according to Jay Hayek, extension forestry specialist at the University of...
by Web Editor | Mar 8, 2013 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service expects to shoulder $212 million in sequestration cuts this year, but no one can say how that might play out at the local level. Forest Service Region 1 spokeswoman Elizabeth Slown said Monday all requests for information were being referred to...
by Web Editor | Mar 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
Massive forest restoration efforts expected to start this year on the Coconino and Kaibab national forests in Arizona are projected to save $100 million in thinning costs plus at least $11.6 million annually in the long run. The latter is how much the local Forest...
by Web Editor | Mar 4, 2013 | News, News/PR
A federal judge this week will try to put a price tag on the trees that a Brinnon, Washington logger admitted to poaching from Olympic National Forest. Reid B. Johnston, 41, pleaded guilty to willfully injuring and committing depredation against U.S. property in...
by Web Editor | Mar 1, 2013 | News, News/PR
Long-delayed forest thinning on city-owned land in the Ashland Watershed in Ashland, Oregon is moving forward thanks to grant funding, an improved market for timber, and a neighboring thinning project on U.S. Forest Service land. Back in 2009, the Ashland City Council...
by Web Editor | Feb 27, 2013 | News, News/PR
A logging proposal just outside Crater Lake National Park has reignited the Northwest’s logging wars in miniature, pitting timber groups anxious for jobs against environmentalists who have gathered 10,000 comments in opposition. The U.S. Forest Service’s...
