by Web Editor | Jan 20, 2012 | News, News/PR
Trees are one of Earth’s largest banks for storing the carbon that gets emitted by natural processes and human activities. Forests cover about 30% of the planet’s surface, and as much as 45% of the carbon stored on land is tied up in forests. But did global forests...
by Web Editor | Dec 12, 2011 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service announced on December 5 the publication of its first ever national-level direction on the management of invasive species across aquatic and terrestrial areas of the National Forest System. “Invasive species cost the American public an estimated...
by Web Editor | Dec 5, 2011 | News
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), has recently been awarded a cooperative agreement by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to develop a Fire Adapted Communities (FAC) initiative aimed at raising the level of wildfire risk awareness among the public, and...
by Web Editor | Nov 28, 2011 | News
Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska in the first three quarters of 2011 have surpassed the total exports of 2010 according to the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. “The increasing shipments to China...
by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2011 | News
The U.S. Forest Service recently announced that the agency has protected one million acres of forest through its Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program. The millionth-acre milestone was reached on private land in New Kent County, Va., as a result of the Logger...
