Our low elevation Central Oregon dry forests need fire for health and resilience into the future. Our friends and neighbors need the security of knowing their home, neighborhood and community [...]
“All of the benefits that we care about – whether that’s wildlife or safer communities, safer houses, safer firefighters, green forests to recreate in – that all depends on our [...]
Why wildfires have gotten worse – and what we can do about it. Megafires, individual fires that burn more than 100,000 acres, are on the rise in the western United [...]
As prescribed burning season begins in Central Oregon, Central Oregon Daily’s Supper Club, Lisa Carton sat down with three fire experts to talk about why these burns are so important [...]
It’s officially prescribed fire season in many parts of Oregon. Here is a bit of background and a run down of some of the advantages and disadvantages. Erik Fernandez with [...]
How does a team with contrasting perspectives successfully work together to create healthier forests? Can a team like this be a role model for other communities in the West hoping [...]
The Bulletin has published an article which takes a look at how forest restoration treatments have increased job opportunities in our community. “The projected growth in the wood-products industry is [...]
Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell is combining two of his life interests – music and trees – into a new national television documentary, America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell. On April [...]
By Thomas Maness, Cheryl Ramberg-Ford and Allyn C. Ford Dean, College of Forestry When it comes to proper management of our public forests, some would like to take a page [...]
Logging is up in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest in Idaho under the U.S. Forest Service timber program that focuses less on commercial sales and instead sees logs as a [...]
