Results for keyword: Forest Service
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Legal pyro
How Tahoe National Forest fire chief Jeanne Pincha-Tulley rose to the top rank of Forest Service disaster management.
by David Ollier Weber, Jan 18, 2010 -
Is Obama's goal of diversity trumping other goals?
Three recent Obama nominations have drawn flak from environmentalists.
by Ray Ring, Sep 03, 2009 -
Affirmative actions
Three recent Obama nominations draw flak from environmentalists.
by Ray Ring, Aug 17, 2009 -
A sucker punch to the stomach: When trees turn red
Colorado's bark beetle epidemic is unlike anything that has ever happened to the state in its brief history.
by Allen Best, Aug 17, 2009 -
A slow-moving disaster
As bark beetles ravage Rocky Mountain forests, communities like Granby, Colo., have to adjust to a radically different landscape.
by Hillary Rosner, Aug 10, 2009 -
Backcountry lessons from the Lost Forest of Oregon
It’s not easy to find the Lost Forest of eastern Oregon, but once you’re there you’re likely to meet some interesting local wildlife.
by Chuck Bolsinger, Aug 04, 2009 -
Nirvana on a backhoe
Kim Erion restores habitat using heavy equipment and a heartfelt connection to things like logs and rhododendrons.
by Cory Eldridge, Jul 28, 2009 -
Even hard-liners want to experiment in Arizona
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Grand Canyon Trust are working with a French timber entrepreneur to restore Arizona's unhealthy forests.
by Ray Ring, Jul 14, 2009 -
Old trees, new ideas, and humility
In Old Growth in the New World, 28 writers and experts debate whether and how the Pacific Northwest’s old-growth forests should be managed.
by Valerie Rapp, Jun 05, 2009 -
Forestry from the inside
The newspaper columns collected in Mary Stuever’s The Forester’s Log give an insider’s view of the challenges facing Western forests today.
by Irene Wanner, Jun 05, 2009
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