by Web Editor | Jul 16, 2012 | News, News/PR
The blistering summer and ongoing drought conditions have the prompted the U.S. Agriculture Department to declare a federal disaster area in more than 1,000 counties covering 26 states. That’s almost one-third of all the counties in the United States, making it...
by Web Editor | Jul 13, 2012 | News, News/PR
The World Resources Institute (WRI) recently announced the launch of the Forest Legality Risk Information Tool, an open-access global information website designed to assist purchasers of forest products in securing fiber from legal sources. The risk tool, a project of...
by Web Editor | Jul 11, 2012 | News, News/PR
Oregon’s annual timber harvest jumped 13% in 2011, reaching 3.65 billion board feet. Large private forest owners, taking advantage of a continued hot export market to China and elsewhere, accounted for two-thirds of the harvest despite having only 19% of the...
by Web Editor | Jul 9, 2012 | News, News/PR
NASA and the U.S. Forest Service signed a Space Act Agreement recently that unites the two agencies in raising awareness about the importance of fire prevention and fire safety. This partnership will highlight areas of common interest in wildfires, forest and plant...
by Web Editor | Jul 6, 2012 | News, News/PR
U.S. Forest Service and Canadian Forest Service of Natural Resources Canada officials convened last week for the first forest health summit between the two countries to discuss issues of common concern such as invasive species. “The borders that separate the...
by Web Editor | Jul 2, 2012 | News, News/PR
Firefighters made progress last week in fighting a blaze that has devoured more than 18,000 acres in Colorado, but their sense of accomplishment was tempered by the news that nearly 350 homes in Colorado Springs had been destroyed by the flames. Mayor Steve Bach,...
