by Web Editor | Dec 4, 2015 | News, News/PR
Although the United States leads the world in both production and consumption of forest products, the U.S. share of the global forest products market has declined precipitously since the 1990s. The declines are a result of decreases in U.S. construction and paper...
by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2015 | News, News/PR
As of October, Good Earth Power AZ had thinned 5,142 acres of trees across northern Arizona since it acquired the 300,000-acre Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) phase one contract in 2013. That’s compared to the company’s initial projections that by 2015 it...
by Web Editor | Nov 4, 2015 | News, News/PR
California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for the state’s forests, where an estimated 22 million trees have already died. Cal Fire’s chief says this means continuing work that has already happened. What is killing them is a one-two...
by Web Editor | Oct 16, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Idaho logging and wood products industries struggle with volatile prices and a sharply reduced amount of timber available for harvest on federal lands compared with a generation ago. But Idaho wood is still a moneymaker, and recent trend lines are mostly positive,...
by Web Editor | Oct 7, 2015 | News, News/PR
Massive wildfires raged across the western United States this summer, killing people and devastating entire towns. Six new projects announced recently are designed to help Arizona avoid that same fate. It’s part of the two-day Healthy Forests, Vibrant Economy...