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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 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.
It has been a god-awful fire season in the Southwest. Just ask Bob Hennkens.
The skies have cleared over northern Arizona and New Mexico, marking the end of the worst Southwest forest fire season in anyone's memory.
In northern Arizona, along the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service is considering the unthinkable: logging in a National Park.
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.
If we do nothing, most of the Southwest's forests will be lost to fire.
When logging slash is not properly disposed of it can be a fire hazard.
Time is running out for forests in the Southwest. Wildfires and insects are devouring them in a death-dance unlike anything anyone has ever seen: unlike anything for which scientists can find precedent in nature.
Yes, the West's wildfire situation can get worse. In fact, it will get worse, probably much worse.
A coalition of the nation's most powerful environmental organizations has asked Congress to approve legislation that would outlaw logging in National Forests.
Next to a nuclear explosion, there is no more lethal killing force on earth than a big forest fire. The most violent are called "blowups" because they are capable of exploding.
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.
For countless generations, the economic and spiritual well being of Indian people has been tied to the land, air, water and all things that walk, fly, swim or grow roots.
Before white settlement began in America, the rules, roles and relationships linking Indians to their forests were not governed by legal codes.
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.
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.
Listening to the National Forest harvest debate from the sidelines, one might easily conclude not much has changed in the Forest Service over the last 25 years, but the agency and its mission are both very different than they were-even ten years ago.
An Interview with Minnesota State Forester Jerry Rose
The Remarkable Recovery of Northeastern Forests
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?
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.
Eastern Oregon's forests and communities are in a death spiral. Can anything be done to save them from certain disaster?
A comparison of the 1991 and 2001 national assessments.
How and why tribal forestlands are managed differently from federal forestlands
Over the last few years, there has been much discussion of the use of the Montreal Process Criteria
In this issue, we write about the still unfolding scandal in the Oregon State University College of Forestry.
Forests affect the economic, cultural, and spiritual well being of tribal communities in many ways.
Some visitors are fortunate to be invited to walk in tribal forests.
Successful ITC Collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Resource planning greatly strengthens a tribe's opportunity to sustain tribal vision and resources of value.
Diverse land-use demands and landscapes influence Alberta's management approaches
The Standoff Ends: Industry, First Nations and Environmentalists Make Peace. B.C. Embraces Innovative Results-based Forestry Program
I'd recommend the Forest Products Lab to anyone. They do a marvelous job." Phil Archuletta
In the future, the West's federal forests will be cared for by two groups of service providers: garbage collectors and surgeons.
In this issue we write about the twin towers of human progress: knowledge and inspiration.
So this is exciting, we've been crouched in the huckleberry for nearly an hour surrounded by a billion mosquitoes and finally the owl has taken a mouse. "
Indeed, Indian Country has come a long way during this past century in terms of the evolution of the Indian firefighting force.
Nestled next to the Mission Range of the Rocky Mountains in western Montana, is the Flathead Indian Reservation
What's funding got to do with it? Funding is the critical key in every aspect of the Indian Forestry Program.
Attend any public meeting on forest management and you'll probably encounter a whole school of red herring.
National Forest Strategy And Canada Forest Accord Turn Potential Enemies Into Across-The-Table Dialoguers
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.
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Leading the way to a healthy environment, a green economy and a sustainable future. Environmental Transition Recommendations for the Obama Administration
During the 2007 session of the Idaho Legislature two concurrent resolutions (HCR 26, HCR 27) authorized the creation of interim committees to address two forestry issues.
A Framework for Cooperative Forest Stewardship 2009 Update
The U.S. forest sector (forest management and wood products manufacturing) sequesters enough carbon each year to offset 10% of the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.Managing forests to uptake and store more atmospheric carbon adds another dimension to the enduring question, when should trees be cut?
Western Forestry Leadership Coalition Invasive Plant Strategy Report The Silent Wildfire
Severe wildfires in 2000 testify to the hazardous forest conditions over large areas of New Mexico.
A Report on 2006 Wildland Fires by the Independent Large Wildfire Cost Panel Chartered by the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Were Native People Keystone Predators? A Continuous-Time Analysis of Wildlife Observations Made by Lewis and Clark in 1804-1806
A summary of approaches to water quality implementation and effectiveness monitoring
This presentation focuses on potential improvements in the implementation of the National Fire Plan in Idaho.
The state-of-the-art British-sponsored fasttrack assessment of the global impacts of climate change, a major input to the much-heralded Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, indicates that through the year 2100, the contribution of climate change to human health and environmental threats will generally be overshadowed by factors not related to climate change.
Final Report to the Western Governors Association August 18, 2006
Important Progress Has Been Made, but Challenges Remain to Completing a Cohesive Strategy
About 160 fewer softwood sawmills are operating in the United States and Canada than were 8 years ago. Nevertheless, the combined capacity of the remaining mills has increased by 16%, to over 173 million cubic meters.
International Forestry Report - This report featured in the 1999 Annual Report of Evergreen Forests Limited and is reproduced by Forest Enterprises Limited with the permission of Evergreen Forests Limited and the author Dr. W. R. J. (Wink) Sutton.
Forest fuel reduction treatments are needed, as demonstrated by the increased number of devastating crown fires and annual increases in National Forest acres categorized as high risk.
Management Options for Forest Regeneration, Fire and Insect Risk Reduction and Timber Salvage
An assessment on the condition of Montana's forests, and the communities that depend on them
An assessment of the condition of Montana's forests and the communities that depend on them
A Summary Report of Wood Utilization Efforts in Heating Systems in the Western United States and Territories.
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human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."