Evergreen’s relationship with the National Association of Forest Service Retirees dates from the years when the late John Marker, a NAFSR founder, was also a member of our non-profit’s Board of Directors.
We have admired and promoted the organization’s position papers on this website because they are well-researched, non-partisan and even-handed.
Their latest paper, America’s Massive Forest Management Crisis, follows seamlessly on the heels of their recent Increasing Workforce Capacity report, which documents staffing and funding shortages that make it impossible for the U.S. Forest Service tackle the underlying causes of the West’s wildfire pandemic at a pace and scale that matches the enormity of the problem.
Please read both reports: NAFSR: America’s Massive Forest Management Crisis and Sustaining The Forest Service: Increasing Workforce Capacity. None of the Biden Administration’s climate change/carbon capture goals can be reached until our wildfire pandemic has been quieted and western wildfires no longer belch billions of tons of carcinogenic smoke in the atmosphere every year.
Since 1986, Evergreen Magazine has been the voice of American forestry and science-based forest policy. In the ongoing pursuit of practical, sustainable and productive forests, we’ve updated our look and expanded our reach. These improvements aren’t merely cosmetic. We’ve been delighted to discover a broad audience of reasonable, cooperative people who understand the vital importance of healthy, actively-managed forests. We’ve recruited new talents, crafted new strategies, and prepared tirelessly for what our founder Jim Petersen calls “the race to a better future”.
We hope you’ll join us. It’s people like you, people who care about our health, economy and environment, that will enable us to bring about the changes we know must be made. Looking forward, we see the opportunity for rural and urban, right and left, wealthy and poor, to unite under this common cause to the greater benefit of all. Your time, your donations, your willingness to advance this noble goal, are the proof that Americans are ready to move past rhetoric and conflict to craft solutions that strengthen and empower our communities, our children, and ourselves. Thanks for coming. We’re glad to have you.
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DONATE NOWThe Agriculture Secretary oversees a $146 billion annual budget. Most of it – 65 percent - is allocated to food and nutrition programs that target the needy. Five percent goes to “forestry,” mainly the U.S. Forest Service and mostly – about 55 percent – to battle forest fires.
McLeod and Douglas recorded their observations in daily journals that describe miles of sparse prairie burned clear of most vegetation, punctuated by scattered groves of trees - mostly oak with some conifer, more so on the eastern slopes of the Coast Range. There was no "sea of old growth" – or even second growth.
Global warming is real and urgent, and is primarily caused by the burning of carbon-based fuels
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DONATE NOWNow that Tom Vilsack is back in the driver's seat at the Department of Agriculture, it’s time for him to stroll over to the White House and have a heart-to-heart chat with President Biden about the West’s wildfire pandemic. Here’s how it might go:
We bring you this letter by rancher Dave Daley that tells of his harrowing experience last summer when the Bear Fire struck his property and destroyed his land and cattle. We ask you read this and remember just what is at stake each day our forests go unmanaged. This letter has been split into two parts
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