by Web Editor | Dec 9, 2016 | News, News/PR
Insects, both native and those brought into the country, are draining the life out of the nation’s forests. Global trade, a warming climate, and drought-damaged trees have helped insects to become one of the greatest threats to biodiversity in the U.S. The...
by Web Editor | Nov 30, 2016 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the U.S. Forest Service has identified an additional 36 million dead trees across California since its last aerial survey in May 2016. This brings the total number of dead trees since 2010 to over 102...
by Web Editor | Nov 21, 2016 | News, News/PR
In response to heavy drought conditions in the Southeast region of the country, the Oregon Department of Forestry announced Thursday that an ODF Incident Management Team will be deployed Monday to the Party Rock Fire in North Carolina. Since Nov. 5, ODF has deployed...
by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2016 | News, News/PR
They’re cutting down trees to save this forest. This 548-acre logging project on the Naches Ranger District is removing trees that are unnaturally dense and at risk of catastrophic fire. By doing so, it’s employing people and providing valuable timber. It’s not a...
by Web Editor | Nov 11, 2016 | News, News/PR
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recently announced that five members of its wildfire firefighting crew are being deployed to the South to assist in the containment of wildfires burning in Virginia and Alabama....
by Web Editor | Nov 4, 2016 | News, News/PR
The Yavapai County woody biomass utilization market is wide open with potential. Completion of an analysis of Yavapai County’s wood resource brings the Upper Verde River Watershed Protection Coalition (URVRPC) and its partners one step closer to meeting their shared...
