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...
by Web Editor | Nov 2, 2016 | News, News/PR
Work now underway to remove high risk, damaged, diseased and slow growing trees on 327 acres at Devil’s Lake State Park exemplifies the benefits of forest management for wildlife, recreation and the economy. Paul Kloppenburg, Sauk County forester with the...
by Web Editor | Oct 28, 2016 | News, News/PR
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest up to $7 million in grants for projects designed to expand wood products and wood energy markets that support sustainable forest management, especially in...