by Web Editor | May 19, 2017 | News, News/PR
What type of forest or woodlands is present in Oklahoma? What tree species are in the state’s counties? Is our forest healthy? These and many other questions will be answered as a Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) crew from Oklahoma Forestry Services begins...
by Web Editor | Nov 30, 2016 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the U.S. Forest Service has identified an additional 36 million dead trees across California since its last aerial survey in May 2016. This brings the total number of dead trees since 2010 to over 102...
by Web Editor | Nov 11, 2016 | News, News/PR
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recently announced that five members of its wildfire firefighting crew are being deployed to the South to assist in the containment of wildfires burning in Virginia and Alabama....
by Web Editor | Oct 28, 2016 | News, News/PR
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest up to $7 million in grants for projects designed to expand wood products and wood energy markets that support sustainable forest management, especially in...
by Web Editor | Sep 7, 2016 | News, News/PR
Covering more than one-third of the United States, our forests are the cornerstone of American industry, infrastructure, health and well-being. Nowadays, America’s trees and forests are under attack; threats include catastrophic wildfire, forests being broken into...