by Web Editor | Nov 9, 2012 | News, News/PR
One season-ending event is another season-starting crisis, as Montana wildland firefighters and incident commanders leave the West’s forests for East Coast storm duty. “Sawyer teams are in high demand,” U.S. Forest Service spokesman Phil Salmon said of the communities...
by Web Editor | Nov 7, 2012 | News, News/PR
Results of a new study show that episodes of reduced precipitation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-2002 drought, greatly accelerated a rise in numbers of mountain pine beetles. The overabundance is a threat to regional forests. The research...
by Web Editor | Nov 5, 2012 | News, News/PR
Southern California U.S. Forest Service firefighters are joining relief efforts, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. One hundred firefighters will be stationed at mobilization centers in New York and Pennsylvania. The hot shot crews are joining an agency contingent...
by Web Editor | Nov 2, 2012 | News, News/PR
Forest companies have spent tremendous resources redirecting their operations in order to limit the spread of mountain pine beetles. Their efforts are paying off, but there will be no rest during the winter. Weyerhaeuser and Canfor direct their clearcutting towards...
by Web Editor | Oct 31, 2012 | News, News/PR
Most American’s don’t realize that forest products are a part of daily life. From buildings, bridges, and paper, to energy, chemicals and even jobs, our society depends on trees to provide for us. In recognition of the importance of forest products to our nation,...
by Web Editor | Oct 10, 2012 | News, News/PR
In the worst wildfire season on record, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service ran out of money to pay for firefighters, fire trucks and aircraft that dump retardant on monstrous flames. So officials did about the only thing they could: take money from...
