by Web Editor | May 23, 2014 | News, News/PR
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced action to help 94 national forest areas in 35 states to address insect and disease threats that weaken forests and increase the risk of forest fire. These areas are receiving an official designation that will provide the...
by Web Editor | Sep 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
The federal government will deduct more than $860,000 from its timber payments to Arizona this year, some of the more than $15 million the U.S. Forest Service said it will withhold from 22 states. A Forest Service letter to governors last week said the deductions are...
by Web Editor | Apr 15, 2013 | News, News/PR
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber this week sent a one-page response to the U.S. Forest Service chief questioning the federal government’s legal authority to seek the return of $3.6 million in payments to financially distressed Oregon timber counties. The federal...
by Web Editor | Apr 5, 2013 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service’s demands that rural timber counties pay back millions of dollars in federal subsidies under automatic budget cuts have outraged members of Congress from both parties and caused concern in those counties with struggling economies....