by Web Editor | Jun 29, 2016 | News, News/PR
Wildfires destroyed at least 80 homes and threatened an additional 1,500 as flames tore through Central California’s rural communities Friday, according to authorities. The blaze broke out Thursday as temperatures rose to a 90-plus degrees F. dry heat, moving...
by Web Editor | Jun 6, 2016 | News, News/PR
With U.S. new home sales rising 23 percent compared to the annual pace of 2015, California timber operators say they’re guardedly optimistic about improving markets for harvested logs and lumber products. But they note the outlook can vary greatly, depending on...
by Web Editor | Jun 1, 2016 | News, News/PR
Over the past year, scientists have studied California’s trees from the air, the ground and even using X-ray technology. Each time, they have arrived at some version of a similar dreary conclusion: The state’s ongoing drought is wreaking havoc on forests, killing...
by Web Editor | Apr 27, 2016 | News, News/PR
Once bathed in deep green, the forests in the foothills and Sierra east of the San Joaquin Valley are increasingly turning reddish-brown as drought- and beetle-weary trees die by the month. It is a somber warning of a potentially dangerous summer. That ominous...
by Web Editor | Apr 20, 2016 | News, News/PR
An aerial view captures the sea of brown, painting a bleak picture of a huge jump in the tree mortality number. In 2015 the number of dead trees rose to an estimated record-high of 27.6 million trees in California, which makes the U.S. Forest Service flyover surveys...