Gene Yahvah died in Libby, Montana on May 23, 2023, his ninety-seventh birthday. He was a legend among Montana foresters
The citizens of our country - those who own our federal forests - paid my salary for 38 years. I
One of my best friends has known Randy Moore for decades. To my pleasant surprise, they are alike in ways
Last year, Evergreen Magazine commissioned a series of graphs that help to illustrate just how dire the situation in the west is becoming. The graphs are constructed using Forest Service/FIA data quantifying gross growth, mortality and net growth in our western national forests. Mortality is very high in all western national forests, principally stemming from a lack of active management. Thinning and prescribed fire are time tested and proven techniques for increasing growth and natural resiliency in forests. Much of what is dying could be utilized and in a more perfect world the figures for mortality and net growth should be reversed on each graph. As you view these images, bear in mind losses from forest fires far exceed the monetary value of the trees.
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Lincoln County Community Wildfire Prevention Plan (CWPP)Download the Lincoln County CWPP (PDF, 2.2MB) Lincoln County Community Wildfire Prevention
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Using Oral Histories to Document Changing Forest Cover Patterns: Soap Creek Valley, Oregon 1500-1999 Bob Zybach Read More: This PDF
Wildfire Statistics - Congressional Research Service The latest Congressional Research Service report concerning the western wildfire crisis... Read More: Wildfire
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