Results for keyword: logging
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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 -
Taking control of the machine
Loggers and environmental activists are determined to restore Montana's Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, with or without the help of the Forest Service.
by Ray Ring , Jul 14, 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 -
A rough road to repair
Abandoned logging routes wash $1.3 billion of trouble into Northwestern watersheds
by Francisco Tharp, Mar 27, 2008 -
Treehuggers and treecutters unite
Environmentalists have been working with Washington foresters to keep small tree farms in business, but the treaty between the two remains a fragile one.
by Lissa James, Jan 21, 2008 -
The BLM plays with fire in Oregon
Pepper Trail says the BLM’s preferred alternative for an Oregon forest will only increase the risk of wildfire.
by Pepper Trail, Oct 08, 2007 -
Cutting trees to save the forest
Chris Kelly’s environmental group, The Conservation Fund, is carefully logging its own redwood trees in order to save forests and salmon in Northern California.
by Matt Jenkins, Sep 17, 2007 -
Epiphanies on the range
As teacher Phil Brick travels the West with 21 of his students, he encourages them to ask difficult questions about environmental issues
by Phil Brick, Jun 11, 2007 -
Epiphanies on the range
As teacher Phil Brick travels the West with 21 of his students, he encourages them to ask difficult questions about environmental issues.
by Phil Brick, May 28, 2007 -
Market cooling
California and the West decide to tackle global warming through the market – by buying and selling carbon
by Oakley Brooks, Apr 30, 2007
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