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Friday, March 29, 2013
Previously known as Fire Use Modules, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group has released new standards for Wildland Fire Modules (WFM). WFMs are frequently used for conducting prescribed fires, monitoring and managing long-term “fire use” fires, and for fuel modification projects.
The new standards, published in a 42-...
Friday, March 29, 2013
It wasn’t until 1913 – three years after the Big Burn scorched 3 million acres across Montana, Idaho and Washington, killing 87 people – that the state authorized establishment of the School of Forestry. “They were beginning to teach ecology and the wood-product areas that were important to mining and railroads – those...
Friday, March 29, 2013
There’s some good news out there for those who believe in active forest management. Timber prices, which were bottomed out during much of Colorado beetle kill epidemic, are set to skyrocket, and the state’s timber industry may be rising in time to take advantage, industry experts said.
Timber prices hit an eight-year high...
Friday, March 29, 2013
Seattle has always been known for being "green." After all, it has the earned it's nickname due to the lush evergreen trees in the surrounding area. Now local government and organizations are putting more of a focus on their urban forests by looking for volunteers (forest or tree stewards).
The Green Seattle Partnership is...
Friday, March 29, 2013
The mountain pine beetle isn't the only pest bugging tree lovers these days in the Black Hills. The pine engraver beetle, also known as the ips beetle, is chewing its way up the ladder of concern in federal, state and private forests.
And unlike mountain pine beetles, which spread in late summer, this season's generation...
Friday, March 29, 2013
NASF has been giving our Smokey Bear and other fire prevention educational materials a makeover! Our online Educational Materials Store has the perfect items to complement your outreach efforts. You'll find new items like Smokey temporary tattoos, pencils and zipper pulls, and don't miss our new bookmark and postcards with...
Friday, March 29, 2013
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed legislation Wednesday specifying that rating systems used in green building projects funded by the state government "shall not exclude certificate credits for forest products certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Forest Stewardship Council or the American Tree Farm...
Friday, March 29, 2013
NASF has just released the FY 2012 Annual Report on Communities at Risk. The report shows that progress is being made nationally to reduce risk to communities from wildfire.
The NASF Forest Fire Protection Committee continually surveys all states to determine progress in identifying communities at risk and developing...
Friday, March 29, 2013
The Department of Sustainable Biomaterials at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University hosted visitors last month from as far away as New York and Guatemala at the Thomas M. Brooks Forest Products Center. The occasion? Demonstrations of the Department's new portable biomass power plant.
About the size of a Mini...
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy is a comprehensive, multi-partner response to the threat of climate change in the United States. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the New York Division of Fish, Wildlife, &...
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