by Web Editor | Jan 23, 2013 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service says it has successfully answered a federal judge’s legal questions involving a 2,038-acre proposed logging project in the Lolo National Forest about 10 miles north of Seeley Lake. Lolo National Forest Supervisor Debbie Austin last week wrote...
by Web Editor | Jan 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
A 330-year-old Douglas fir was among 102 trees that a Brinnon, WA, man pleaded guilty to stealing or damaging from the Olympic National Forest and was sentenced to one year in jail. According to the U.S. Department of Forestry, Reid Johnston, 41, has been convicted of...
by Web Editor | Jan 16, 2013 | News, News/PR
Evidence is increasing from multiple scientific fields that exposure to the natural environment can improve human health. In a new study by the U.S. Forest Service, the presence of trees was associated with human health. For Geoffrey Donovan, a research forester at...
by Web Editor | Jan 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
Two conservation groups are challenging the proposed D-Bug logging sale on Umpqua National Forest lands near Crater Lake National Park. Oregon Wild and Cascadia Wildlands filed a notice of intent in late December challenging the D-Bug timber sale old-growth logging...
by Web Editor | Jan 7, 2013 | News, News/PR
New Mexico firefighters are preparing for another dangerous and devastating fire season, now that the federal government’s long range forecast is calling for another warm, dry spring. It’s now been three years of severe drought for most of the state and...
