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Forestry project launched under new offset protocol
Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010Project developer Finite Carbon has announced details of a new Improved Forest Management (IFM) project in Tennessee that could generate several hundred thousand of carbon offsets over the next 100 years. The project is only the second IFM project outside of California and the first in the eastern part of the country to be listed under the new Climate Action Reserve protocol.
Governors ask Congress to stop EPA rules
Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010Governors of 18 U.S. states and two territories urged Congress this week to stop "harmful" Environmental Protection Agency regulation of greenhouse-gas emissions, saying the agency isn't equipped to deal with "the very real potential for economic harm."
South Carolina weighs legal protection for planned fires
Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010Nearly a year after the state's worst wildfire, South Carolina forest managers and landowners have asked legislators to give them more protection from lawsuits when they intentionally set fires to reduce debris that could fuel wildfires and inadvertently damage property. There are 13 million acres of timberland in the state and about 1 million acres a year should have prescribed burns to cut down on the chances of wildfires or their intensity when they occur. For now, only about 440,000 acres yearly are burned, partly because of lawsuit fears. Georgia and Florida currently have laws that offer more protection from lawsuits.
USDA seeks nominations for Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Advisory Committee
Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010The Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations from the public for a new Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Advisory Committee. Athorized by Title IV of Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, the purpose of the CFLR program is to encourage the collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes. For more information on committee selection criteria and the application process, view the Federal Register Notice (PDF).
Former Bush Interior secretary discusses reflects on her shift in ideology
Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010Lynn Scarlett, who served eight years in the Bush administration as assistant secretary of the Interior and later led the department after the resignation of Secretary Gale Norton, talked to the Los Angeles Times recently to discuss her transformation from conservative conservationist to enthusiastic environmentalist.
Pacific Northwest forests rank tops in carbon storage
Posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010Ten national forests in the Pacific Northwest and southeast Alaska are ranked as the top carbon-storage forests in the United States, according to an analysis released last week from the Wilderness Society.
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