We've frequently used the phrase "infrastructure collapse" to describe the slow erosion of wood product ...
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It has been a god-awful fire season in the Southwest. Just ask Bob Hennkens.
It is hard to believe that the Southwest's tumbledown forests once fit Edward Beale's idyllic description, but they did.
Of all the questions confronting restoration forestry's proponents this one is the most difficult to answer.
The skies have cleared over northern Arizona and New Mexico, marking the end of the worst Southwest forest fire season in anyone's memory.
A coalition of the nation's most powerful environmental organizations has asked Congress to approve legislation that would outlaw logging in National Forests.
The immediate causes of the Southwest's wildfires vary: lightning strikes, careless campers and arson. But there are underlying factors- reasons why these fires are so large and so much more ferocious than any for which evidence exists in natural history-that add up to real problems for communities, firefighters and the nation.
"Almost anything" is the quick answer to the question.
Yes there are good forest fires. In fact, foresters often "prescribe" fire to dispose of accumulated debris, enrich the soil by speeding nutrient recycling or retard the growth of shrubs or grasses that would otherwise crowd out recently planted seedlings.
Yes, the West's wildfire situation can get worse. In fact, it will get worse, probably much worse.
When logging slash is not properly disposed of it can be a fire hazard.
If we stop managing National Forests, they will decline and die, just as they've done at least 16 times since the last Ice Age.
If we do nothing, most of the Southwest's forests will be lost to fire.
The Southwest's timber industry is long gone, a victim of its near total dependence on national forest timber sale programs that were phased out in the 1990s.
In this issue, we write about forests and forestry in the Northeast. To grasp the magnitude of this story, turn to the back page. There you will find a list of 183 contributors who helped fund this project.
Before white settlement began in America, the rules, roles and relationships linking Indians to their forests were not governed by legal codes.
Successful ITC Collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
How else should a trustee manage a property held in trust other than as is obviously considered prudent for the management of his own property?
Across the Northeast, net annual forest growth exceeds harvesting by safe margins, except in Maine spruce-fir forests devastated by the most recent spruce budworm epidemic.
An Interview with Minnesota State Forester Jerry Rose
An Interview with Top Industry Observers: Jim Bowyer and John Krantz
In January the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a call for proposals for development of a recovery plan for the northern spotted owl. It's about time.
Eastern Oregon's forests and communities are in a death spiral. Can anything be done to save them from certain disaster?
Eastern Oregon's forests and communities are in a death spiral. Can anything be done to save them from certain disaster?
How and why tribal forestlands are managed differently from federal forestlands
Nestled next to the Mission Range of the Rocky Mountains in western Montana, is the Flathead Indian Reservation
In this issue we write about environmental and economic collapse in eastern Oregon's Blue Mountains, a region known by many as the "Iron Triangle,"
In this issue, we write about the still unfolding scandal in the Oregon State University College of Forestry. It is meticulously researched and, we hope a thoughtfully written assessment of the so-called "Donato controversy"-a lamentable if not inexcusable act orchestrated from the shadows by at least two OSU professors and one Forest Service scientist.
In this issue, we write about the still unfolding scandal in the Oregon State University College of Forestry.
Tucked into the corrugated folds of far Southwest Oregon, the Siskiyou National Forest has been ground zero in the national forest policy wars for 25 years.
Softwood Resource Conditions and Management Implications
Softwood Resource Conditions and Management Implications
In the future, the West's federal forests will be cared for by two groups of service providers: garbage collectors and surgeons.
I'd recommend the Forest Products Lab to anyone. They do a marvelous job." Phil Archuletta
The Standoff Ends: Industry, First Nations and Environmentalists Make Peace. B.C. Embraces Innovative Results-based Forestry Program
The United States is falling further and further behind in forest product research. Canada, Finland, Sweden and the European Economic Community are setting the global standard now.
In this issue we write about the twin towers of human progress: knowledge and inspiration.
"The only thing being protected in the public's forests today is the political influence of environmental groups..."
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Persistent changes in tree mortality rates can alter forest structure, composition, and ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration.
We've frequently used the phrase "infrastructure collapse" to describe the slow erosion of wood product ...
News of Interest From Advocates of Certainty - June 25, 2010