by Web Editor | May 21, 2012 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service recently selected its contractor, Pioneer Forest Products, for the largest stewardship contract in the agency’s history. The contract will result in 300,000 acres of restoration-based thinning in Arizona over 10 years, improving forest health,...
by Web Editor | May 18, 2012 | News, News/PR
Today’s mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from two distinct climate periods. Researchers constructed and...
by Web Editor | May 16, 2012 | News, News/PR
Paul Bunyan wouldn’t have known what to make of Gordon Ash’s little logging crew in the Pioneer Mountains last week. Instead of axes or saws, the U.S. Forest Service team went after trees with sticks of high explosive. “You’d calculate the proper amount of explosive,...
by Web Editor | May 14, 2012 | News, News/PR
We’ve seen teens devise potential cures for cancer, build nuclear reactors and use musical instruments as inspiration for the creation of low-cost landmine detectors, all before receiving their high school diplomas. And now, the latest in a line of unbelievable...
by Web Editor | May 11, 2012 | News, News/PR
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the launch of a new National Water Quality Initiative committed to improving one to seven impaired watersheds in every U.S. state and territory. The Initiative is part of the Obama Administration’s White House...
by Web Editor | May 9, 2012 | News, News/PR
Minnesota is enlisting dogs in the battle to prevent the spread of the emerald ash borer. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture hopes trained sniffer dogs can become a new line of defense against the invasive pests, which threaten ash trees across the state and...
