Posts tagged Jim Petersen

Editor’s note: This is the first segment of a five-part interview with Michael T. Rains, who was Director of the Northern Research Station at Newtown …

Rebuilding the Forest Service’s once preeminent Forestry Culture will take time and may cost as much as $2 billion taxpayer dollars annually for three to five years. Chump change when compared to the horrific wildfire losses we are suffering.

The U.S. House of Representatives has belatedly fixed the fire borrowing mess that has for several years forced the Forest Service to borrow taxpayer money …

    Keynote address by James D. Petersen Founder and President, The Evergreen Foundation Resilient Landscapes, Thriving Communities: Achieving a Collaborative Vision of the Future …

I never cease to be amazed by the stuff that comes over the transom here at Evergreen. Just when I thought I’d said all that …

The smoke is not clearing. Our wildfire problem is escalating at an alarming rate. The science is clear: we are running out of time to change course. Your contribution ensures we can continue our 30+ year commitment.

20.4 million acres of beautiful Idaho – fully 40 percent of the state’s entire land mass and 75 percent of its total forest land base – are owned by the United States Government and cared for by the U.S. Forest Service. Here, I will stipulate that the phrase “cared for” should be used advisedly, and should generally appear in quotes.

What we are – and I include all of us in this description – is a collection of small, medium and large businesses. The largest are generally public traded companies, like Weyerhaeuser, Temple Inland and Louisiana Pacific. But most of our so-called industry is family-owned. The only thing we have in common with one another is the tree itself.

Good morning. I am your second-string keynote speaker. Your first-string speaker, Marc Racicot begged off, perhaps recognizing what a political mine field your conference theme poses. “The Law and Forestry”: oil and water, David and Goliath, night and day, the good the bad and the ugly. You get the picture.

Speech delivered  at the 2017 Family Forest Landowners and Managers Conference “Idaho’s Working Forests: Are they working for you?” University Inn, Moscow, Idaho Monday, March …