Category: Forest Products Industry related
Source: CBC News The mountain pine beetle is on the move to higher elevations and threatening new species of trees and entire sensitive forest ecosystems, according to a new study. The resilient beetle has wreaked havoc mainly on lodge pole pine in B.C., ruining 18 million hectares of forest — the equivalent of about five […]
Source: The Wildlife Society News During the 2012 fire season from June through August, wildfires in the drought- stricken western and central United States burned more than 3.6 million acres of forest and shrubland. In the hot, dry, windy conditions seen that season, a single spark can start an understory fire that ascends into the […]
Source: Denver Post PINEWOOD LAKE — A federal forester flicked a Bic, igniting a first bone-dry pile of culled young pines — testing conditions for the looming task of torching 180,000 similar piles across Colorado. The continued construction of houses in burn zones is forcing this effort to thin overly dense forests and reduce the risk […]
Source: Calaveras Enterprise For the first time in many years, loggers and conservation groups are working together and the results have been stunning, according to Katherine Evatt, president of the Pine Grove-based Foothill Conservancy. The Amador Calaveras Consensus Group has been working in the Stanislaus and Eldorado national forests on projects that are part of […]
Source: Billings Gazette RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Black Hills National Forest plans to use extensive commercial tree thinning to battle the mountain pine beetle as part of a $70 million plan that will take five to seven years to implement. The plan developed over more than a year will target 248,000 acres of vulnerable […]
Source: Pique You can’t miss it because the devastation runs as far as the eye can see. Driving between Merritt and Kelowna on Highway 97C in British Columbia’s southern interior, it is possible to feel a kind of terrible awe while passing mile after mile of rusty-coloured, dead pine forests. It is the work of […]
Source: CTV News Mountain Pine Beetles Contributing to Climate Change EDMONTON — Newly published research suggests mountain pine beetles have become so widespread that they’re not just benefiting from global warming, they’re starting to. contribute to it. “The effects of climate change cascade,” said Holly Maness, whose paper was published Sunday in the journal Nature […]
Source: Vancouver Sun An artificial Christmas tree would have to be used for 20 years before its carbon footprint matches that of a farmed tree, according to a forestry professor at the University of B.C. Steve Mitchell said most artificial trees are kept only six years before fashions change and owners throw them out. Most […]
Source: Missoulian The trend toward larger, hotter wildfires in this part of the country is rapidly becoming the new normal. In the four decades between 1960 and 1999, wildfires in the United States scorched more than 7 million acres in a single year just once. Since 2000? Eight times, with 2012 at 8.8 million acres […]
Source: Missoulian There’s nothing wrong with dissent – it is, after all, part of the American DNA – but neither is there anything wrong with dialogue, discussion and – if it can be reached – agreement, experimentation, success. Both styles have their uses, but the latter method in particular can possess a richness and resonance […]
Source: Daily Herald Tribune Forest companies have spent tremendous resources redirecting their operations in order to limit the spread of mountain pine beetles. Their efforts are paying off, but there will be no rest during the winter. Weyerhaeuser and Canfor direct their clearcutting towards at-risk areas, after Sustainable Resources Development (SRD) has removed highly infected […]
Source:Ravalli Republic LOST TRAIL – Scott Grasser has seen it coming for years now. The steady march of red pine trees on the mountainsides around Salmon, Idaho, and in the Big Hole that announced the arrival of the mountain pine beetle. In the last few ski seasons at Lost Trail Powder Mountain, the area’s co-owner […]
Source: Kamloops News The B.C. Liberal government pledged to find more fibre in the forest to combat the potential loss of thousands of jobs in wake of the mountain pine beetle. B.C.’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Steve Thomson said Tuesday the province will endorse many of the recommendations of a special […]
Source: Rapid City Journal As the area moves forward in the recovery process from the Region 23 Complex and Wellnitz fires, foresters are encouraging more people to take a long, hard look at doing more to manage the forests on their land. “I think what this fire season showed us is how a managed forest […]
Source: Knau A controversial study that questions decades of forest ecology research has made headlines across the country. The study — published earlier this year — raised eyebrows especially in the west where forest managers have been trying to prevent severe wildfires for decades. The U.S. Forest Service has spent millions of dollars trying to prevent large […]