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
This empty Timberjack forwarder is working on a Tree Farm north of Roseburg, Oregon. Forwarders move through harvested stands picking up trees which they then deck at centralized locations for later reloading on logging trucks that haul the trees to nearby sawmills. Note the almost complete lack of soil disturbance. Despite its size and weight, this machine has a lighter footprint - measured in pounds per square inch - than that of a walking man.
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human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."