by Web Editor | Mar 27, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Forest Service recently released the report “Future of America’s Forests and Rangelands”, providing an extensive examination of the next 50 years (2010-2060) of natural resource pressures and potential changes in forests of the United States. The report highlights...
by Web Editor | Mar 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
Despite the slowest start to a wildfire season in a decade, the head of the U.S. Forest Service said Tuesday his agency is preparing for another busy year, but with fewer firefighters. Late winter storms have helped bring more snow and rain to some parts of the...
by Web Editor | Mar 15, 2013 | News, News/PR
Trucks gathering logs for the Boise Cascade sawmill in Oregon roll out at 2 a.m. to begin their daylong, 480-mile round trips to the Mount Hood National Forest, Washington’s Okanogan National Forest and other federal woodlands in Idaho. “It is crazy to...
by Web Editor | Mar 13, 2013 | News, News/PR
The downed limbs and other woody debris that are inevitable byproducts of timber harvest could be among the most important components of post-harvest landscapes, according to a new study led by the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. Researchers...
by Web Editor | Mar 8, 2013 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service expects to shoulder $212 million in sequestration cuts this year, but no one can say how that might play out at the local level. Forest Service Region 1 spokeswoman Elizabeth Slown said Monday all requests for information were being referred to...
