by Web Editor | Jul 12, 2013 | News, News/PR
Firefighters lost ground Monday to two large Nevada wildfires burning through parched pine forests in northern and southern parts of the state, including a nearly 24-square-mile blaze that forced more than 500 people out of homes in woodsy Mount Charleston enclaves...
by Web Editor | Jul 10, 2013 | News, News/PR
Oregon’s timber harvest reached 3.75 billion board feet in 2012, continuing a recovery from the crash of the housing market and the depths of the recession. In 2009, loggers cut 2.75 billion board feet, but the harvest has increased each year since. The...
by Web Editor | Jun 24, 2013 | News, News/PR
As the rural forestry coordinator for the Kansas Forest Service, Bob Atchison has a broad perspective toward the state’s 5.2 million acres of forest land. “Healthy forests, woodlands and windbreaks are as important to our national infrastructure as roads and bridges,”...
by Web Editor | May 29, 2013 | News, News/PR
Almost one year ago, the Forest Service announced the contractor for the first stewardship contract awarded under the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) in Arizona. The Forest Service anticipates that work issued under the Ranch Task Order will begin in early...
by Web Editor | May 10, 2013 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service announced Monday that it has selected contractors to provide seven air tankers that fly faster and drop a larger volume of fire retardant than other planes in its firefighting fleet. The agency will spend nearly $160 million over five years for...
