by Web Editor | Apr 5, 2017 | News, News/PR
To restore a forest and reduce the risk of severe wildfires, a conservation group is cutting down trees. The Nature Conservancy is selectively logging dry forests in Washington’s Central Cascades as part of a long-term plan to make thousands of privately owned...
by Web Editor | Mar 21, 2016 | News, News/PR
If you visit the Ochoco, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests, it doesn’t take long to find areas where forest conditions are dominated by dense stands with thick ladder fuels. The problem with these overcrowded forest conditions, which have also experienced...
by Web Editor | Aug 10, 2015 | News, News/PR
For the first time in its 110-year history, the Forest Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is spending more than 50 percent of its budget to suppress the nation’s wildfires. A new report released today by the Forest Service estimates that within...
by Web Editor | Jul 10, 2015 | News, News/PR
With storm clouds come lightning, and in the desert Southwest, that means wildfires may be swift to follow. This summer’s increase in rain across much of New Mexico means conditions are ripe for wildland fire crews to help naturally caused fires move across forests...
by Web Editor | Mar 30, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation is providing close to one million dollars in state funding to Forest Service projects in Montana, to increase the pace and scale of efforts to improve forest health and watershed health. State investments...