by Web Editor | Apr 30, 2012 | News, News/PR
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar recently outlined the federal government’s readiness for the wildland fire season to ensure protection for communities and restoration of forests and public lands across the country. The...
by Web Editor | Apr 27, 2012 | News, News/PR
Virginians who commented on a new management plan for the George Washington National Forest support a proposed ban on a much-criticized type of natural gas drilling in the forest’s one million acres, an analysis of more than 53,000 public submissions concludes....
by Web Editor | Apr 25, 2012 | News, News/PR
Industries associated with hardwood growth and production may benefit from trademarked varieties of faster growing trees developed through a partnership between Purdue University and the U.S. Forest Service. Created in 1998, the Hardwood Tree Improvement and...
by Web Editor | Apr 23, 2012 | News, News/PR
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced a cooperative partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Canada’s Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food that will promote agroforestry to help landowners improve water quality, control soil...
by Web Editor | Apr 20, 2012 | News, News/PR
Anti-regulation forces are working to stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from enforcing violations of the Lacey Act, the first-ever law prohibiting the trade of products made with illegally logged wood, and pushing members of Congress to overturn the law. If...
by Web Editor | Apr 18, 2012 | News, News/PR
U.S. Forest Service officials in Colorado are calling it the conundrum on Conundrum Creek: how to remove six cows that wandered into a wilderness cabin high in the Rocky Mountains and froze to death, stiff as boards, when they couldn’t get out. For officials, here’s...
