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Infrastructure Collapse In Montana
Posted: 2010-02-20

This Is Embarrassing III
Posted: 2009-08-10

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Posted: 2009-07-24

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More Junk Forest Science from OSU
Posted: 2010-03-09

Nicholas Dennis: Put National Forests To Work For Community
Posted: 2010-02-22

Jim Erickson & Gary Morishima: Indian Forestry - Imagine the Possibilities
Posted: 2010-01-26

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Forest Facts
Some 1.5 billion trees are planted in the U.S. every year, about 5 trees for every American.

Annually, U.S. forestland owners plant about 6 trees for every tree harvested.

About one-third of America's original forest - some 300 million acres - have been converted to other uses, principally agriculture.

There are 26 million more acres of forestland in the Northeast than there were in 1900.

Today, forests blanket about one-third of the U.S. land base and about half the U.S. East.

U.S. annual growth rates have exceeded harvest rates since the 1940's.

Timber harvesting is forbidden on 50% of all National Forest lands in the U.S.

National Forests account for 20% of the nation's forestlands and 19% of its timberlands.

National Forests hold 46% of the nation's softwood timber inventory but only provide 6% of the annual harvest.

Since 1986, the harvest of timber from America's national forests has declined 70%.

In the West, 34% of all forestland and 54% of all timberlands are in national forests.

National forests in the Pacific Coast and Intermountain West regions hold 68% of the nation's softwood timber inventory, but provide less than 28% of annual harvest.

Forest density has increased 40% in the U.S. over the last 50 years.

Flying Finns

Past Issues

Winter 2006 - 2007

Winter 2006 - 2007

The Donato-Law Fiasco, Mixing Politics & Science: Alchemy at OSU

Published: Friday, December 15 2006
Mid Spring 2006

Mid-Spring 2006

Eastern Oregon's forests and communities are in a death spiral. Can anything be done to save them from certain disaster?

Published: Monday, May 15 2006
Evergreen Magazine Spring 2006

Spring 2006

Did Politics Doom The Northern Spotted Owl? It's time to modernize the Endangered Species Act

Published: Saturday, April 01 2006
Evergreen Winter 2005/2006

Winter 2005/2006

Forestry In Indian Country - Models of Sustainability for our National Forests?

Published: Sunday, January 15 2006
Evergreen Fall 2004

Fall 2004

Canada - Reaching for Forestry's Holy Grail

Published: Friday, October 15 2004
August 2004 Cover

August 2004

New Hope in New Mexico. State forester Butch Blazer wants your money and your talent

Published: Friday, August 13 2004
July 2004

July 2004

Siskiyou Showdown - The politics of hope and destruction collide in southern Oregon

Published: Thursday, July 01 2004
Spring 2004

Spring 2004

"We Can Start Today", Ben and Dale Flanagan - Flanagan's Quality Contracting, Missoula, Montana

Published: Monday, March 15 2004
November 2003

November 2003

Great Minds Great Ideas: The US Forest Products Lab, at Madison Wisconsin

Published: Saturday, November 15 2003
August 2003

August 2003

What the Devil Is Our Government's Forest Management Objective? What the Devil Is Our Government's Forest Management Objective?

Published: Friday, August 01 2003
July 2003

July 2003

Will This Environmental Disaster In Montana's Bitterroot National Forest Be the U.S Senate's Forest Legacy?

Published: Tuesday, July 01 2003
Evergreen Spring 2003

Spring 2003

The Truth About America's Forests

Published: Thursday, May 01 2003
May 2003

May 2003

TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR SOUTHWEST FORESTS Will Congress Act Before It's Too Late? Will Congress Act Before It's Too Late?

Published: Thursday, May 01 2003
Summer 2002

Summer 2002

The New Pioneers Hope Rises From The Ashes In Southwestern Forests

Published: Monday, June 03 2002
Fall 2001 Cover

Fall 2001

The Bountiful Harvest, Securing America's Forest Future - Deb and Rick Smith, Rick Smith Logging, Kalispell, Montana

Published: Wednesday, September 12 2001
Spring 2000

Spring 2000

Minnesota White Pine: Window on the Past - Bridge to the Future, Facts about Minnesota's Timber Industry State Forester Jerry Rose

Published: Monday, May 01 2000
Winter 2000 Cover

Winter 2000

Should We Let Diseased National Forests Die and Burn?, Is Restoration Forestry A Better Idea Than Zero Cut?

Published: Friday, January 14 2000
September 1999 cover

September 1999

Case No. 1 Turns 100, The Federal Government Sold its First Timber Sale, in November, 1899: A Look Back and a Look Ahead

Published: Wednesday, September 15 1999
June 1998

June 1998

Forestry In Indian Country: Progress & Promise

Published: Saturday, June 13 1998
September 1998

September 1998

Forests and Forestry in the Northeast

Published: Friday, April 03 1998
January 1998 cover

January 1998

Forests and Forestry in Indiana

Published: Thursday, January 01 1998
Evergreen September 96 Cover

September 1996

Montana: Paradise Lost or Paradise Found?, Federal Columbia basin Proposal Due, Oregon Celebrates 25 Years of Forest Stewardship, Special Montana Forest Facts Section

Published: Sunday, September 08 1996
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