by Web Editor | Aug 15, 2016 | News, News/PR
A new study finds the West is likely to see slower-growing Douglas fir trees in the future, as temperatures and droughts increase with climate change. Researchers with the University of California-Davis took core samples from 122 Douglas fir trees across the region to...
by Web Editor | Aug 12, 2016 | News, News/PR
The National Association of State Foresters and its partners on the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) campaign have unveiled new Smokey Bear wildfire prevention public service announcements (PSAs). For a preview, please visit:...
by Web Editor | Aug 10, 2016 | News, News/PR
A Bitterroot National Forest timber thinning project that’s been in the works for nearly five years has gone up in smoke as a result of the Roaring Lion fire. The Westside Collaborative Vegetation Management Project proposed to thin about five miles of national forest...
by Web Editor | Aug 5, 2016 | News, News/PR
An abandoned, illegal campfire sparked the Soberanes Fire that has scorched more than 67-square miles of Monterey County and killed one person, state fire officials announced Tuesday. The campfire was about 2-feet by 2-feet and burning away from official hiking trails...
by Web Editor | Aug 3, 2016 | News, News/PR
The Southern Group of State Foresters’ (SGSF) Communications Committee held its annual summer meeting in Charleston, S.C., July 25-28 to review and update its strategic plan for the coming year and begin work on several new regional outreach projects promoting...
by Web Editor | Aug 1, 2016 | News, News/PR
A federal Bureau of Economic Analysis report showing Arkansas having the nation’s fastest growing gross domestic product has led to some head-scratching among economists, but there’s little doubt that forestry is an upward mover in the state’s economy, said economist...
