The State Of Our Forests
Another Giant Gone: Gene Yahvah, 1926-2023
Gene Yahvah died in Libby, Montana on May 23, 2023, his ninety-seventh birthday. He was a legend among Montana foresters
A Moral Responsibility to Tell the Truth
The citizens of our country - those who own our federal forests - paid my salary for 38 years. I
A conversation with Forest Service Chief, Randy Moore
One of my best friends has known Randy Moore for decades. To my pleasant surprise, they are alike in ways
This Earth Day - Do Good. Use Wood.
_Evergreen _receives hundreds of email queries in the runup to Earth Day. The deluge of invitations to "do this&
Video Series - American Forest Fires: The Untold Story
About three years ago, Amos Eno, my friend and colleague from Yarmouth, Maine called me to ask if I could
God, Family, and The Elliott - Jerry Phillips: 1927-2022
The Elliott State Forest 1930-2022 Many Oregonians do not understand or appreciate the statutory role timber growth and harvest from
Another Giant Gone - Mike Newton: 1932-2022
Another Giant Gone Mike Newton: 1932-2022 Long time Evergreen Foundation board member, Mike Newton, died August 30 at his home
Better That They Burn
Jim Petersen's recent article published in Range Magazine. Many thanks to CJ Hadley owner and editor of Range
The Black Ram Sham and Other Lies
The brazen lies told by the anti-forestry mob are jaw-dropping. So is the failure of the news media to fact-check
Why a 10A.M. Fire Policy?
Ferdinand Augustus Silcox seemed destined for a career in chemical engineering via Johns Hopkins University when he stumbled across an
2022 NACo Legislative Conference
Jim Petersen recently spoke at the NACo 2022 Legislative Conference - his message was on the untapped capacity of counties
There Was No “Sea of Old Growth”
“I think the largest single need in American forest biology is the study of man’s relation to forest land.