Timber company-managed forests have a higher likelihood of causing megafires, research finds.
New research suggests that the risk of severe wildfires in forests managed by private timber companies is significantly higher than in those overseen by public land agencies. This study found that the wildfire risk was nearly 1.5 times greater in the Sierra Nevada region of northern California. The author pointed out that forests under timber […]
Timber sector and environmental groups conflict over Trump’s federal logging directive
Lynn County, Oregon – A Timber Operator’s Perspective The air was filled with the sounds and scents of the logging process as Roy Blackburn made his way along a muddy path tucked away in the Willamette National Forest, out of sight from the adjacent Forest Service road. He hopped into the Timber Pro 830C forwarder, […]
Beating PSV Eindhoven will ‘change Arsenal narrative’ insists Jurriën Timber | Arsenal
Julientimber said Arsenal has the opportunity to “change the story” for the season against PSV Eindhoven, and believes he has the motivation to reach the Champions League quarterfinals for the second straight time. Mikel Arteta's side faces the Dutch champion in the first leg of 16 Thailand on Tuesday night, when he fell out of […]
Timber! NYC selling tons of wood from upstate reservoir system
The Big Apple is greening its suburban trees. New York City is selling off large amounts of logged forest land it manages around the 2,000-square-mile northern reservoir system that provides water to the city’s 9 million residents. The Environmental Protection Agency sells timber cut from dead, diseased and overgrown trees from more than 200,000 acres […]
Loggers cannot expand Oregon timber harvesting into national monument area, Supreme Court says
Penguin chick hatches at Oregon Zoo The Oregon Zoo welcomed a fluffy little penguin chick that hatched earlier this month. This is the 194th Humboldt chick hatched at the zoo since the 1980s. Look at this obscure wonder! Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, a remote wilderness along the California-Oregon border, will lose all square footage after the […]