by Web Editor | Sep 24, 2012 | News, News/PR
It’s been a bad summer for wildfires, and even with autumn’s cooler temperatures approaching, the fires still burn. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured images of several large fires burning in the Northwest on Sept. 17. Smoke can be seen billowing from...
by Web Editor | Sep 21, 2012 | News, News/PR
Two environmental groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over a planned logging project in north-central Idaho because they contend the logging will violate the Endangered Species Act. Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Clearwater filed the lawsuit...
by Web Editor | Sep 19, 2012 | News, News/PR
Four leaders of the North American publishing industry recently announced they will partner with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) to help spur the growth of certification to preserve and protect forests. Time Inc., the National Geographic Society, Macmillan,...
by Web Editor | Sep 17, 2012 | News, News/PR
The American chestnut tree once reigned as the king of hardwoods in the eastern United States. Some 4 billion covered 200 million acres along both sides of the Appalachian Mountains running from Maine to Georgia. Its timber was used for construction and its sweet...
by Web Editor | Sep 14, 2012 | News, News/PR
Across the West, high winds and temperatures exacerbated already dangerous fire conditions, prompting the National Weather Service to issue red-flag warnings for wide swaths of eastern Washington and Oregon, Idaho, Montana and all of Wyoming. Crews in central...
by Web Editor | Sep 12, 2012 | News, News/PR
A pine beetle outbreak that has left many Western states with vast stands of dead and dying trees has eased for the second consecutive year, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday. With fewer trees left for the beetles to eat, officials said a 2011 aerial survey recorded...
