by Web Editor | Apr 5, 2017 | News, News/PR
To restore a forest and reduce the risk of severe wildfires, a conservation group is cutting down trees. The Nature Conservancy is selectively logging dry forests in Washington’s Central Cascades as part of a long-term plan to make thousands of privately owned...
by Web Editor | Apr 3, 2017 | News, News/PR
After witnessing his youngest son, Cole, get crushed to death in a 2014 logging accident in Washington state, Tim Bostwick is convinced the industry is unsafe for teens. “He was barely just 18 and I got him the job – that’s something I’ve got to live with the rest of...
by Web Editor | Mar 31, 2017 | News, News/PR
Summer 2012 was quickly becoming the hottest and driest part of one of the hottest and driest years in Wyoming’s recorded history. Wildfires ravaged forests and grasslands in nearly every portion of the state. Temperatures were in the triple digits. Portions of...
by Web Editor | Mar 29, 2017 | News, News/PR
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell expressing concern about the slow pace of wildfire prevention efforts in Arizona. In the letter, Senator McCain identifies one Forest Service contractor in particular, Good...
by Web Editor | Mar 27, 2017 | News, News/PR
There’s a tiny stretch of land in Northeastern Oregon that can inspire lofty descriptions like this: “An amazing treasure,” said Peter Barry, who lives in Joseph, Oregon. “I don’t want to extol its virtues too much because it’s already so crowded.” The Lostine...
by Web Editor | Mar 24, 2017 | News, News/PR
Loggers have cut off deliveries to a Maine biomass electricity generator because the company has stopped paying its bills, the head of an industry association said Tuesday. Dana Doran, executive director of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, said loggers...
