by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jun 11, 2020 | News
Wallingford’s Inc., headquartered in Maine, has announced a new partnership with Veriga, one of the largest global manufacturers of tire chains and forestry tracks. Under this new partnership, Wallingford’s will distribute Veriga products in North America, using the...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jun 11, 2020 | News
Flash Forest, a Canadian startup, is hoping to plant 1 billion individual pine and spruce trees in mainly wildfire-destroyed forests by 2028. Currently, the drones can plant between 10,000 and 20,000 seed pods per day in areas near Toronto and British Columbia, and...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jun 11, 2020 | News
The U.S. Forest Service is considering a rule change on six national forests in eastern Oregon and Washington that would allow the harvesting of trees with a diameter of greater than 21 in.—a change that would end a long-standing provision in the region. Dating back...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | May 15, 2020 | News
The 21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) provides more than $15 billion for a wide variety of public lands projects that benefit rural communities and wildfire risk communities that...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | May 13, 2020 | News
According to several fire industry news reports, state and federal public lands fire authorities are looking at more “old school” firefighting strategies this year, which includes massive intervention and engagement as soon as possible in order to reduce manpower...
by Jacqlyn Kirkland | May 13, 2020 | News
Richard Waring, professor emeritus in the Oregon State University College of Forestry at Corvallis, is one of three researchers sharing this year’s international Marcus Wallenberg Prize for developing a revolutionary computer model to predict forest growth in a...
