Bob Roper on Wildfires and What to do Next
Editor’s Note: Retired Nevada State Forester, Bob Roper, has written a brutally honest assessment of the underlying and still
Western Fire Graphs
Last year, Evergreen Magazine commissioned a series of graphs that help to illustrate just how dire the situation in the
Some gentle New Year advice for Tony Tooke
New Forest Service Chief, Tony Tooke, has his hands full. The West’s wildfire-ravaged National Forests are falling apart, and
Lessons From Eagle Creek
It would be easy for me to say, “It’s about damned time” to all the hand-wringers and wailers in
NATURE DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU WANT
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s wildfire season across the West. Again. Even the Wall Street Journal has
Our Forestry Stars Are Lining Up
I have been swapping email notes with Society of American Foresters editor, Steve Wilent, for years. Mainly we commiserate about
Wesley Moss Rickard: Forestry Giant Gone
Another forestry giant is gone. Wesley Moss Rickard, who is widely believed to be the intellectual force behind modern-day industrial
A Sea Change In How Federal Judges View Collaborative Forest Restoration Projects
A sea change in how federal judges view collaborative forest restoration projects is underway. It is plainly visible in rulings
The Sundance Fire Remembered
Northern Idaho’s 1967 Sundance Fire will be remembered in four solemn ceremonies later this month, including one honoring the
An Unparalleled Teaching Moment
Idaho’s timber and tourism sectors have prospered side-by-side in our Panhandle region since the end of World War II.
We Are Bankrupting Our Future
Lyle Laverty’s June 8 testimony before the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands, which begins on Page 2 of our
MARY FARNSWORTH AND CHERYL PROBERT: Good Neighbors to Know
Mary Farnsworth and Cheryl Probert are, respectively, the Forest Supervisors on the Idaho Panhandle and Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. More