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"
Editor's Note:
Diana Ebersbacher, a long time Seneca Sawmill Company employee, has written a thought-provoking essay concerning Seneca's plans for constructing an 18.8 megawatt wood-fired power plant next to the company's sawmill at Eugene, Oregon. When the facility is completed, the facility will produce sufficient electricity to power 18,000 homes, with enough surplus steam to heat the company's lumber drying kilns, which currently use natural gas. Seneca is one of the West's most technologically advanced lumber companies.
Ms. Ebersbacher's essay appears in the Summer 2009 edition of the Oregon Fish & Wildlife Journal.
Seneca Sawmill Essay Tags: biomass Sawmill Waste Renewable Energy
human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."