by Web Editor | Apr 5, 2012 | News, News/PR
Communications via satellite are changing the way the forest industry harvests trees. A new approach being tested by ESA combines satcoms and cellular services to relay important information almost immediately so that fewer trees are used to produce more timber. Irish...
by Web Editor | Apr 2, 2012 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service’s recently released planning rule could turn the agency into a more efficient decision maker or create a department of perpetual planning, depending on who you listen to. “We are ready to start a new era of planning that takes less time, costs...
by Web Editor | Mar 30, 2012 | News, News/PR
Environmentalists’ hypersensitivity to modern productive forestry practices is a legacy of a bygone era of forest exploitation in the northwestern United States. Is this hypersensitivity understandable? Of course. Is it sensible in a more modern environment of...
by Web Editor | Mar 26, 2012 | News, News/PR
The evolution of mountain pine beetles to produce two generations of beetle per year instead of one has probably been a factor in the unparalleled damage that insects have caused in pine forests in the western United States and Canada over the last decade, according...
by Web Editor | Mar 23, 2012 | News, News/PR
The North Zone of the Cherokee National Forest is in need of some help. Spanning seven counties in upper east Tennessee, the North Zone is an incredible asset to the local economies of the region, as a supply of drinking water, a tourism destination and a source of...
by Web Editor | Mar 16, 2012 | News, News/PR
U.S. Forest Service scientists recently released an assessment that shows forest land has expanded in northern states during the past century despite a 130% population jump and relentless environmental threats. At the same time, Forest Service researchers caution that...
