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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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.
One of the most impressive examples of post-fire forest restoration in America is located west of Portland, Oregon on State Highway 6: The Tillamook State Forest.
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.
National Forest Strategy And Canada Forest Accord Turn Potential Enemies Into Across-The-Table Dialoguers
How and why tribal forestlands are managed differently from federal forestlands
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.
It is hard to believe that the Southwest's tumbledown forests once fit Edward Beale's idyllic description, but they did.
A comparison of the 1991 and 2001 national assessments.
Over the last few years, there has been much discussion of the use of the Montreal Process Criteria
Omar Bradley stood up to talk about his holiday wishes in December 2003.
The skies have cleared over northern Arizona and New Mexico, marking the end of the worst Southwest forest fire season in anyone's memory.
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 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.
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?
In the future, the West's federal forests will be cared for by two groups of service providers: garbage collectors and surgeons.
Indeed, Indian Country has come a long way during this past century in terms of the evolution of the Indian firefighting force.
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.
Successful ITC Collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
"The only thing being protected in the public's forests today is the political influence of environmental groups..."
Nestled next to the Mission Range of the Rocky Mountains in western Montana, is the Flathead Indian Reservation
I'd recommend the Forest Products Lab to anyone. They do a marvelous job." Phil Archuletta
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.
Attend any public meeting on forest management and you'll probably encounter a whole school of red herring.
The Standoff Ends: Industry, First Nations and Environmentalists Make Peace. B.C. Embraces Innovative Results-based Forestry Program
Meeting Society's Expectations While Expanding Shareholder Value
In this issue we write about the twin towers of human progress: knowledge and inspiration.
What's funding got to do with it? Funding is the critical key in every aspect of the Indian Forestry Program.
Eastern Oregon's forests and communities are in a death spiral. Can anything be done to save them from certain disaster?
How Can the Religious Freedom Needs of Native Americans be Accommodated
Before white settlement began in America, the rules, roles and relationships linking Indians to their forests were not governed by legal codes.
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.
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.
An Interview with Minnesota State Forester Jerry Rose
Eastern Oregon's forests and communities are in a death spiral. Can anything be done to save them from certain disaster?
Since its inception in the aftermath of the Great 1910 Fire, the nation's forest fire-fighting policy has been closely tied to a conservation ethic of near biblical proportion: waste not, want not.
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?
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.
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.
Some visitors are fortunate to be invited to walk in tribal forests.
The Forest Service and American Indian Tribes Working Together
Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
Of all the questions confronting restoration forestry's proponents this one is the most difficult to answer.
Indian forestry occupies a unique and often contradictory place in the history of tribal communities
"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.
An Interview with Top Industry Observers: Jim Bowyer and John Krantz
Yes, the West's wildfire situation can get worse. In fact, it will get worse, probably much worse.
The Remarkable Recovery of Northeastern Forests
A coalition of the nation's most powerful environmental organizations has asked Congress to approve legislation that would outlaw logging in National Forests.
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.
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 Yakama Reservation in southcentral Washington State is a magnificent cultural resource for the 9,800 enrolled members of the Yakama Nation.
Resource planning greatly strengthens a tribe's opportunity to sustain tribal vision and resources of value.
Forests affect the economic, cultural, and spiritual well being of tribal communities in many ways.
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,"
The forest is in your hands, take care of it for the people," those are the words of my grandfather, Alfred Nolan Colegrove, Sr.
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.
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.
Diverse land-use demands and landscapes influence Alberta's management approaches
Since the middle of the nineteenth century, there have been four clearly defined periods of United States Indian policy.
The difference between "Zero Cut" and "Forest Restoration" is perhaps best illustrated in terms of nature's three most intractable lessons: It is not possible to save or preserve a forest. The only constant in nature is change.
When logging slash is not properly disposed of it can be a fire hazard.
If we do nothing, most of the Southwest's forests will be lost to fire.
Softwood Resource Conditions and Management Implications
Integrating cultural Resource Management and Hazardous Fuels Reduction
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.
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.
The claim that ailing western forests can heal themselves if they are left alone seems based on a belief that pre-European forests and prairies were naturally functioning ecosystems uninfluenced by humans.
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News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - March 31, 2011
Thoughts and suggestions from a soon to be retired land manager, Barry Wynsma.
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Feb. 18, 2011
A Forest Service Veteran Responds to Associate Chief, Mary Wagner's May 10, 2011 Speech, "Partnerships and Collaboration: Our Hope for the Future"
News From Advocates for Certainty - Sept. 9, 2010
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Feb. 8, 2011
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Feb. 11, 2011
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.
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - March 28, 2011
My friend Craig Thomas sent me another e-mail note the other night. It nearly broke my heart. He is lonely. He misses his wife and kids and being home for the summer in ...
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Aug. 18, 2010
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Aug. 18, 2010
Tons of Tree Bark Pose New Radiation Hazard in Japan
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Jan. 18, 2011
News of Interest From Advocates for Certainty - July 28, 2010
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Persistent changes in tree mortality rates can alter forest structure, composition, and ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration.
The use of the National Forest Reserves. History and Objects of Forest Reserves
Lawsuit Over Timber Sale Reveals Split Among Environmental Groups
I write about the Wallow fire and our forest management situation with sadness, anger and resolve. As I'm sure everyone is right now, I am deeply concerned for the communities in danger and my thoughts and prayers are with everyone who has suffered from this terrible tragedy.
Among the dozens of comments we've received in response to Mary Wagner's May 10 speech at a reception sponsored by the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition, these are the highlights.
Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell testifies before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and answers questions posed by Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senator from New Mexico
New members represent labor and conservation
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.
Management Options for Forest Regeneration, Fire and Insect Risk Reduction and Timber Salvage
A Report on 2006 Wildland Fires by the Independent Large Wildfire Cost Panel Chartered by the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - May 24, 2011
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.
Depends on Revised Laws and a Restored U.S. Forest Service.
USDA Invests Largest Grant in History For Wood-based Northwest Biofuels Initiative
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"
We've frequently used the phrase "infrastructure collapse" to describe the slow erosion of wood product ...
U.S. Forest Service Study Confirms Wood Is Truly a Green Building Material
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.
An assessment of the condition of Montana's forests and the communities that depend on them
Important Progress Has Been Made, but Challenges Remain to Completing a Cohesive Strategy
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.
Were Native People Keystone Predators? A Continuous-Time Analysis of Wildlife Observations Made by Lewis and Clark in 1804-1806
Shifting timber harvest levels, locations, management treatments and log qualities influence both the level and location of employment for forestry industry companies which, in turn, precipitate fluctuations in downstream economic activity.
A summary of approaches to water quality implementation and effectiveness monitoring
A Framework for Cooperative Forest Stewardship - March 2007
Development of sustainable forest management alternatives for the Olympic Experimental State Forest (OESF) that simultaneously produce a combination of environmental conditions and harvest revenues to meet the stewardship objectives of the State of Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) imposes a difficult burden with high hurdles that must be met.
Developed by the Western Urban and Community Forestry Committee Of the Council of Western State Foresters and the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition
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?
Most Detailed View of Forest Structure and Carbon Storage Ever Assembled
Turning Newspaper Mill Waste Into Lightweight Bricks
Western Forestry Leadership Coalition Invasive Plant Strategy Report The Silent Wildfire
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Aug. 24, 2010
Regional Forester to Leave Missoula for D.C. Appointment
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Aug. 20, 2010
Fierce Competition Over World's Wood Fibre Supply Set to Take off
U.S. Pacific Northwest Looks to Jump-Start Green Jet Fuel Industry
News of Interest from Advocates For Certainty - June 26, 2011
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By Forest Service Associate Chief, Mary Wagner
News of Interest from Advocates of Certainty - Aug. 8, 2010
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Maine Executive Order Puts Forest Certification On Equal Footing
China's Ban on Logs From Virginia Costs Ports Millions
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - April 4, 2011
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The Death of Range Fuels Shouldn't Doom All Biofuels
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - March 7, 2011
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Coalition Plans to Press For Increased Timber Sales On National Forests
Loggers Face Massive Cleanup Job From Wisconsin Storm
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How A Timber Baron Became Chairman of The Nature Conservancy
News of Interest From Advocates of Certainty - July 21, 2010
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.
Remember our old friend, Craig Thomas? [See "This is Embarrassing I, II and III] Now he's working on a pipeline job in Nevada - and he's sent us some pictures that prove you can use logging equipment in mountains where there isn't a tree in sight.
Leading the way to a healthy environment, a green economy and a sustainable future. Environmental Transition Recommendations for the Obama Administration
Ten Airlines Agree to Purchase Biomass-Derived Jet Fuel
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Feb. 16, 2011
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Feb. 20, 2011
Potential hazard reduction and economic effects of a strategic treatment program
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.
An assessment on the condition of Montana's forests, and the communities that depend on them
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.
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - Jan. 31, 2011
China is now officially the largest overseas market for B.C.'s softwood lumber.
Patrick Heffernan of the Montana Wood Products Association asks some timely - if not very uncomfortable questions - concerning the EPA's rush to implement new greenhouse gas standards that would again work a hardship on those who grow and harvest the nation's wood fiber.
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - June 13, 2011
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.
How the U.S. Forest Service Can Improve Leadership and Morale
This paper has been prepared by forestry representatives of the U.S. tropical islands and the US Forest Service for use by the State & Private Forestry Program Redesign Committee.
For years, utilities felt their future was in coal and nuclear. Today, under pressure to go green, they are about to make some wrong decisions that will negatively affect our industry and society as a whole.
Impacts of Treatment Thinning Intensity and Implementation Schedules on Fire Hazard Reduction Effectiveness, Carbon Storage, and Economics.
The last two decades have brought major changes in timber harvest, product output, and forest management to the western United States
More and more loggers are talking chips instead of saw logs.
News of Interest from Advocates for Certainty - June 16, 2011
A Summary Report of Wood Utilization Efforts in Heating Systems in the Western United States and Territories.
Severe wildfires in 2000 testify to the hazardous forest conditions over large areas of New Mexico.
A Framework for Cooperative Forest Stewardship 2009 Update
News of Interest From Advocates of Certainty - July 24, 2010
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human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."