by Web Editor | Jul 6, 2018 | News, News/PR
Jefferson County Commissioner Leonard Wortman leans against a stock trailer and laments the state of the timber on the National Forest land that surrounds him, in nearly every direction, on a recent morning. “When I was kid I worked for all the ranchers, and everybody...
by Web Editor | Jul 2, 2018 | News, News/PR
Sales of timber in stands charred in last summer’s Chetco Bar Fire could be sold as early as next month as the Forest Service this week formalized its salvage plans for the 191,197-acre fire area in southwest Oregon. The forest’s final Chetco Bar Salvage Project...
by Web Editor | Jun 29, 2018 | News, News/PR
Angelina Forest Products, LLC recently announced plans to open a $100 million sawmill in Lufkin, Texas. The softwood mill is expected to be in place by spring of 2019, creating 100 full-time jobs and contributing $52 million to the Texas economy in its first year. “We...
by Web Editor | Jun 8, 2018 | News, News/PR
Get ready for another summer of destructive wildfires across much of the country. Forecasters at the National Interagency Fire Center are predicting that warmer and drier-than-normal conditions have put large portions of the Western United States at above-average risk...
by Web Editor | Apr 20, 2018 | News, News/PR
Wildfires that have killed two people in western Oklahoma are nearing conditions not seen in at least a decade because of the mixture of high temperatures, low humidity and heavy winds, the National Weather Service said Monday. Weather service meteorologist Doug...