Posts tagged Wildfire

If you have not read the introductory article Rearranging the Deck Chairs on Our Titanic, Click here to be taken to it. It is short …

Toward Shared Stewardship across Landscapes: An Outcome-based Investment Strategy is the new U.S. Forest Service/Department of Agriculture attempt to put the brakes on the wildfire crisis …

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

Let’s manage our forests before wildfire strikes. Let’s do the thinning and standing tending work necessary to reduce the risk of wildfire…we must understand that the fire fix is just the first step toward a forest fix.

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 ‘FIRE FIX’ DOES NOTHING TO BACKFILL THE HUGE GAP THAT HAS BEEN CREATED IN LOST NON-FIRE AND FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOREGONE.”   Editor’s Note: …

Most all of us have rolled the dice in Monopoly a time or two. Buying up properties on the Boardwalk can be tons of fun …

Editor’s Note: Gordy Sanders has been a leader in Montana’s forest collaborative movement since its inception about 15 years ago. He is the current chairman …

The 2018 western wildfire season is already underway, and the news is not good in the Southwest or Utah. Dire predictions have also been issued …

Editor’s Note: Evergreen Magazine was fortunate enough to interview our interim Chief of the Forest Service. The interview was done by Jim Petersen via email …