Author: rpalma
Source – Horticulture Week Two new moves announced today are expected to attract new investment into UK tree planting projects designed to help combat climate change. Planting new forests and woodland helps to counteract the greenhouse gas emissions caused by burning fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas. As trees grow they capture carbon […]
Source – Missoulian HAMILTON – Amy Gannon was rained on the other day just west of Hamilton. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. The moisture falling to the ground was excrement from what the state entomologist described as “massive, massive numbers of insects.” The ponderosa pine trees on the west side of the Bitterroot […]
Source: 25x’25 Alliance http://www.25×25.org/25x’25 today released a Wood-to-Energy Policy Roadmap concluding that the focused use of woody biomass to help meet America’s energy needs could increase the nation’s forest land base and improve the environmental services that land provides. The findings are among the principal conclusions developed by a diverse panel of leading forestry, conservation, scientific and […]
Source – Missoulian Foresters from around the world came to western Montana this week to learn how to simplify their timber management. “Other states have very restrictive rules, while Montana adopted a voluntary system that takes advantage of stakeholder interest,” said Andy White of the Rights and Resources Initiative, which organized the conference. “It more […]
Source: Ravalli Republic To parody yet another song: ‘where have all the flower’s gone?’ by Pete Seeger; ‘where have all the sawmills gone?’ Most Montana wood products manufacturers are geared to supply the U.S. housing market. U.S. housing starts were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 523,000 units in April, 10.6 percent below the […]