Jim Petersen

How It Should be Done in Every Western National Forest...Why isn't it?

Most of the West's lumbermen believe that forestry education is a waste of "time, talent, and treasure.

Beyond Burnout: Charting a Path to Regenesis [Phase 1]

The Northwest Forest Plan: FAQs in Fantasy Land

I hope all 70,000 people who follow our website read the Northwest Forest Plan FAQs. You can troll through

Rural Oregonians Respond to the Draft Elliott State "Research" Forest Plan

The Oregon Department of State Lands has released its Draft Elliot State Research Forest Forest Management Plan Community Engagement Report.

Mann Gulch: August 5, 1949

Life is precious, and for some very short. - Bob Sallee Bob Sallee, one of two Forest Service smokejumpers to

Our managed fire debate is now a political firestorm: Part 2:

“An increasing percentage of the [Forest Service's] resources have been spent each year to provide for wildfire suppression,

Chevron Deference is NOT a Silver Bullet

“The 6-3 [Supreme Court] decision will strip federal regulators of much of their power to issue rules outside the parameters

“I’m very positive about the future of our company.”

Brad Corkhill, Whiteman Lumber, Cataldo, Idaho The luckiest day in Brad Corkill’s life was January 5, 2009. That'

"This scene radicalized me."

Pat Connell and I have been friends for more than 25 years. We met when he was Rocky Mountain Log

How to protect mature and old growth forests

“Tree cutting [any removal of trees] is currently a relatively minor threat, despite having been a major disturbance historically.” Mature

"The preservationist approach has about run its course."

Chad Oliver, PhD, Silvicultureist and preeminent Forest Stand Dynamics scientist in an Evergreen interview - following his tour of a