Another Giant Gone: Richard Guy Bennett 1933-2026
Dick Bennett and I were good friends for many years. I’ve never known another lumberman quite like him. Not
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Editor's Desk
The Newspaper Ad I Want to See
This full-page advertisement in the May 2 Wall Street Journal that caught my eye: A Federal Court has ordered
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The Public Interest
Many organizations claim to be public interest groups – that is to say, groups that advocate or lobby for a perceived
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The Silver Fire: Recovery, Restoration and Roundup
Rich Stem, an old Forest Service friend, now retired and living in Montana, has gently chided us for not remembering
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National Wildfire Institute: Vision 2025
Editor’s Note: Our colleague, Bruce Courtright, who chairs the National Wildfire Institute [NWI] at Fort Jones, California, has shared
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Old Scars, New Wounds Part II: Firebrand
Editor’s Note: Many environmentalists have long insisted that people living in rural areas should have no say in how
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Will wildfire and smoke kill tourism?
During the nastiest days of the spotted owl war, Oregon’s environmentalists frequently reminded their rural brethren that “tourism is
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Rodney Smoldon Interview
Rodney Smoldon is the Forest Supervisor on the 1.1 million-acre Colville National Forest in northeast Washington. From his
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The Chetco Bar Fire: Old Scars, New Wounds
Editor’s Note: Retired California businessman, Guy McMahan, sent us a copy of his response to the Forest Service’s
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The War on the West, Part II
One of the Evergreen faithful asked me yesterday if I didn’t think my February 8 use of the word
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Who "owns" wildfire?
Editor's Note: to read Jim Petersen's complementary essay Slouching Toward Hell, click here. Who “owns” wildfire?
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The War on The West
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately
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How many cigarettes in a burning tree?
A cigarette is what, three inches long? A burning tree is anywhere from 100 to 250 feet tall How many