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
I never cease to be amazed by the stuff that comes over the transom here at Evergreen. Just when I
I wrote the first draft of this essay last October 9, then decided to set it aside until next summer
Editor’s Note: Retired Nevada State Forester, Bob Roper, has written a brutally honest assessment of the underlying and still
New Forest Service Chief, Tony Tooke, has his hands full. The West’s wildfire-ravaged National Forests are falling apart, and
It would be easy for me to say, “It’s about damned time” to all the hand-wringers and wailers in
The west is burning again - still. The air in most of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, and South
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s wildfire season across the West. Again. Even the Wall Street Journal has
A sea change in how federal judges view collaborative forest restoration projects is underway. It is plainly visible in rulings
Northern Idaho’s 1967 Sundance Fire will be remembered in four solemn ceremonies later this month, including one honoring the
"Over the last 100 years, we have seen a literal epidemic of young trees filling in our forests. When
Evergreen: Let’s talk about the A to Z project for a moment. The litigators who refuse to collaborate were
Wildfire suppression costs are soaring to over one billion tax dollars per year. This is causing a fiscal crisis in
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