by Web Editor | Apr 13, 2015 | News, News/PR
Bryan Rice, director of forest management for the U.S. Forest Service, spoke at the bi-annual Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum held at the Kane Country Club on Thursday night to give a presentation called “Perspectives from inside the Beltway.” However, Rice received the...
by Web Editor | Nov 12, 2014 | News, News/PR
Wildfires scorched nearly 1.5 million acres in Oregon, Washington and Idaho this year. And with increased demand for timber from lumber mills, there is a growing market for scorched trees. Time is of the essence in post-fire salvage. Fungus, bugs and rot degrade dead...
by Web Editor | Aug 15, 2014 | News, News/PR
From the air, the green fabric of the Black Hills National Forest landscape is stained with red spots and gray streaks. The less verdant areas are the toll of several years of mountain pine beetle infestation. And yet, despite the loss of thousands of trees, a flight...
by Web Editor | Feb 7, 2014 | News, News/PR
The House approved a wide-ranging public lands bill Thursday that would speed logging of trees burned in last year’s massive Rim Fire in California. The measure also allows vehicular access to North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras National Seashore, extends livestock grazing...
by Web Editor | Oct 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
A federal judge Thursday allowed loggers to go back to work on national forests without waiting for federal agencies to send out paperwork lifting logging bans prompted by the government shutdown. Following a hearing in Medford, U.S. District Judge Owen Panner signed...