by Web Editor | Feb 5, 2018 | News, News/PR
Last year’s intense fire season led to calls for more “treatment” of federal forests to remove excess fuel that can make for bigger, hotter wildfires. In November, House Republicans — including Oregon’s Second District Representative Greg Walden — passed a...
by Web Editor | Jan 5, 2018 | News, News/PR
Two Southern California lawmakers said Wednesday that they would introduce several pieces of legislation to improve emergency response, hopefully before the next major wildfire destroys thousands of acres in the fire-prone state. The announcement from state Sen....
by Web Editor | Nov 10, 2017 | News, News/PR
Trees in California’s forests are dying at alarming rates, creating both problems and opportunities for rural communities and local economies with deep roots in the timber industry. The California Natural Resources Agency in mid-October issued a set of recommendations...
by Web Editor | Oct 16, 2017 | News, News/PR
Overgrown Arizona forests have fueled unprecedented fires, burning bigger and hotter. “Forests that once had 40 to 50 trees per acre, now have 500 to a thousand trees per acre,” said Patrick Graham, director of the Arizona Nature Conservancy, at a news...
by Web Editor | Oct 9, 2017 | News, News/PR
Lawmakers from Arkansas to Oregon are pushing for Federal Forest Management changes that they say are designed to prevent wildfires. Other lawmakers are against these changes as they say the legislation is a give away to the timber industry. Supporters of the...