We have been deluged by responses to Barry Wynsma's thoughtful essay on Forest Service leadership - or the lack thereof. Provided here is some feedback on the essay.
W.V. "Mac" McConnell writes from Florida. He is a U.S. Forest Service retiree whose Power Point presentations have appeared on our website many times. His latest efforts are nearby: an updated version of his earlier "Timber Resource Management" Power Point and a fascinating photograph, "One Landscape: Four Views," that shows what is happening on adjacent public and private forests at Deep Creek, near Townsend, Montana.
Editor's comment concerning Mike Petersen's (Executive Director - Lands Council) Response To Dr. Tom Bonnicksen's Essay, "Death Of A Forest: Why We Should Care"
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The skies have cleared over northern Arizona and New Mexico, marking the end of the worst Southwest forest fire season in anyone's memory.
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.
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.
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.
For thousands of years Salish and Pend d'Oreille people have been lighting fires in the Northern Rockies for the benefit of plant and animal communities.
Attend any public meeting on forest management and you'll probably encounter a whole school of red herring.
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. "
The forest is in your hands, take care of it for the people," those are the words of my grandfather, Alfred Nolan Colegrove, Sr.
In this issue, we write about the still unfolding scandal in the Oregon State University College of Forestry.
It has been a god-awful fire season in the Southwest. Just ask Bob Hennkens.
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.
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.
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.
I'd recommend the Forest Products Lab to anyone. They do a marvelous job." Phil Archuletta
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.
How and why tribal forestlands are managed differently from federal forestlands
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?
The Standoff Ends: Industry, First Nations and Environmentalists Make Peace. B.C. Embraces Innovative Results-based Forestry Program
In the future, the West's federal forests will be cared for by two groups of service providers: garbage collectors and surgeons.
It is hard to believe that the Southwest's tumbledown forests once fit Edward Beale's idyllic description, but they did.
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 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.
The logging industry across northern New York State and New England has a long, rich and colorful history, backed by a mountain of tradition and popular folklore.
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News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Jan. 18, 2011
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The Death of Range Fuels Shouldn't Doom All Biofuels
Ten Airlines Agree to Purchase Biomass-Derived Jet Fuel
Fierce Competition Over World's Wood Fibre Supply Set to Take off
News of Interest from Advocates For Certainty - June 19, 2011
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Thoughts and suggestions from a soon to be retired land manager, Barry Wynsma.
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - May 24, 2011
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An assessment of the condition of Montana's forests and the communities that depend on them
Final Report to the Western Governors Association August 18, 2006
This presentation focuses on potential improvements in the implementation of the National Fire Plan in Idaho.
Since the passage of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA) in 2003, communities have been charged with becoming active partners in their own protection from wildfire.
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?
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.
Management Options for Forest Regeneration, Fire and Insect Risk Reduction and Timber Salvage
China's Ban on Logs From Virginia Costs Ports Millions
Regional Forester to Leave Missoula for D.C. Appointment
Maine Executive Order Puts Forest Certification On Equal Footing
Most Detailed View of Forest Structure and Carbon Storage Ever Assembled
Tons of Tree Bark Pose New Radiation Hazard in Japan
W.V. "Mac" McConnell writes from Florida. He is a U.S. Forest Service retiree whose Power Point presentations have appeared on our website many times. His latest efforts are nearby: an updated version of his earlier "Timber Resource Management" Power Point and a fascinating photograph, "One Landscape: Four Views," that shows what is happening on adjacent public and private forests at Deep Creek, near Townsend, Montana.
Turning Newspaper Mill Waste Into Lightweight Bricks
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - March 7, 2011
More and more loggers are talking chips instead of saw logs.
China is now officially the largest overseas market for B.C.'s softwood lumber.
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Feb. 16, 2011
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Coalition Plans to Press For Increased Timber Sales On National Forests
USDA Invests Largest Grant in History For Wood-based Northwest Biofuels Initiative
U.S. Forest Service Study Confirms Wood Is Truly a Green Building Material
Lawsuit Over Timber Sale Reveals Split Among Environmental Groups
Loggers Face Massive Cleanup Job From Wisconsin Storm
How A Timber Baron Became Chairman of The Nature Conservancy
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - June 16, 2011
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News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - June 13, 2011
U.S. Pacific Northwest Looks to Jump-Start Green Jet Fuel Industry
Depends on Revised Laws and a Restored U.S. Forest Service.
How the U.S. Forest Service Can Improve Leadership and Morale
News of Interest from Advocates For Certainty - June 26, 2011
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human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."