Editor's Column
Posted: 2011-12-13
Posted: 2011-05-26
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.
Posted: 2011-05-17
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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.
Guest Columns
Posted: 2012-02-02
Posted: 2012-01-09
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"
Posted: 2012-01-08
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Woods Wisdom
"Many people distrust thinning, fearing a return to the days when too much harvesting was occurring in national forests, but I don't see how it could happen. Far greater risks lie in accepting the idea that the best way to protect national forests is to set them aside in no-harvest reserves. I'm a wilderness fan, and would favor adding appropriate lands to the Wilderness system, but major portions of the national forest system are not suitable for Wilderness designation and ought to be managed for multiple benefits, including commercial timber production.
Dr. Jack Ward Thomas, retired Chief, U.S. Forest Service, now teaching at the University of Montana School of Forestry, Evergreen, Winter 2000
"We must always consider the environment and people together, as though they are one, because the
human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."
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human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."