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
The Ross Cedars grove just south of Troy, Montana is one of the most beautiful western red cedar forests remaining in the Intermountain West. These redwood-size monarchs are 700 to 800 years old, and bear the scars of numerous fires. They've most likely survived because the canyon bottom in which they grow is moist and runs east to west, so not much sun reaches the forest floor. If you'd like to visit this grove, travel south from Troy on State Route 56. Just south of Bull Lake you'll see a Kootenai National Forest sign directing you to the grove. It's about four miles west on a well maintained road.
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