by Web Editor | Aug 5, 2015 | News, News/PR
A 1,017-acre forest thinning project associated with the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) began Monday on the Flagstaff Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest. The project, known as the Weatherford 4FRI Task Order, is part of the 4FRI Phase One...
by Web Editor | Jul 8, 2015 | News, News/PR
With nothing but the scrubby eastern Arizona desert surrounding it for miles, the Lumberjack Sawmill rises from the horizon like a set piece from a “Mad Max” film. Jason Rosamond, who owns the mill as CEO of Good Earth Power AZ, strolls around the...
by Web Editor | May 20, 2015 | News, News/PR
With a major environmental analysis completed and summer weather on the horizon, the time is ripe for thinning to gear up on the largest forest restoration project in the country. In the coming year, the Forest Service is set to open up more than 41,000 acres for...
by Web Editor | Apr 22, 2015 | News, News/PR
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said today that the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI), the largest landscape-scale restoration initiative of its kind, has reached a pivotal milestone towards achieving accelerated forest restoration on more than 500,000...
by Web Editor | Mar 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
Environmental groups say a forest thinning project on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon confirms their worst fears about the Forest Service management of the troubled forest thinning contracts. The festering dispute centers on whether the Forest Service will leave...