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Source: NPR Scientists say more low-intensity wildfires are needed to clear out overgrown forests to help prevent bigger fires. Deciding where and when to let fires burn is tricky. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Dangerous wildfires made a lot of news across this country last year. But there are scientists who say we need more fires, low-intensity […]
Source: Flooringinc.com Don’t make the outdated choice when you update your floors – use these 2017 wood flooring trends to choose something durable and stylish that will stay in style the lifetime of your floor. Can you believe it’s already almost 2017?! It seems like just yesterday we were chatting about the 2016 flooring trends. […]
Source: Poughkeepsie Journal Early this year, researchers will head to a giant outdoor laboratory in New Hampshire armed with warm clothing, helmets and high-pressure firefighting pumps. The scientists will re-create ice storms by spraying portions of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest with water. It will mark the second year of a National Science Foundation-funded effort to understand […]
Source: BBC News They’re known as “megafires”, and they’re becoming increasingly common and destructive in the wildlands of the western United States. Could overzealous firefighting itself be to blame? BBC North America Correspondent James Cook investigates. In a quarter of a century as a firefighter, Mark Hartwig has seen more than a few wildfires. But […]
Source: Hakai Magazine By Lyndsey Gilpin Matthew Kirwan’s great-great-grandparents built their home on a piece of property along the Blackwater River in Robbins, Maryland. From the time he was a child, Kirwan explored and hunted there in a small forest grove near the water. But 15 years ago, he started noticing the sea encroaching on […]
Sustainable Lumber Co. of Missoula, MT Awarded Best Of Houzz 2017 Over 40 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Home Building, Remodeling and Design Professionals in North America and Around the World January 17, 2017 – Sustainable Lumber Co. of Missoula, MT has won “Best Of Customer Service” on Houzz®, the leading platform for […]
Source: Huffington Post You have probably bought forest products like lumber for a home reno or notepaper for school supplies and wondered how your purchase affects the forest it came from. You may feel guilty, but you shouldn’t if the forest products you buy are harvested sustainably and certified to internationally recognized standards. In fact, […]
Source: The Economist IN THE early 1900’s, an average forested acre in California supported fewer than 50 or so trees. After a century of efforts to fight wildfires, the average has risen to more than 300 (albeit mostly smaller) trees. Some might reckon such growth wonderful, but it is a problem far more serious than, […]
Source: Business in Vancouver Great Bear Rainforest Agreement On February 1, the B.C. government signed off on a landmark agreement that ended 20 years of environmental conflict over logging on B.C.’s central coast. Eighty-five per cent of the 6.4 million-hectare Great Bear Rainforest is protected while forest companies have the certainty they need to operate […]
Source: Tree Hugger Make 2017 the year you support North America’s forests—like clockwork. Forests clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, and help control our climate. Resolve to put the time to support forests on your monthly schedule, so forests can keep supporting us for many years to come. This monthly adventure […]
Source: Courthouse News By David Reece MISSOULA, Mont. (CN) – Four environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service to stop it from implementing a plan to manage 1,155 acres of forest in northwest Montana. Swan View Coalition, Friends of the Wild Swan, Native Ecosystems Council and Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed suit Dec. 16 in […]
Source: National Parks Traveler One strategy to control the spread of mountain pine beetles in Banff National Park sometimes does the opposite, a study by a University of British Columbia researcher shows. While pheromone baiting followed by tree removal — purposefully attracting the pests to a tree, which is then cut down in winter when […]
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Source: Science Daily A method to control the spread of mountain pine beetles — pheromone baiting — may actually help the pest’s population increase, UBC research.shows. A study by Rebecca Tyson, an associate professor of mathematics at UBC’s Okanagan campus, used mathematical modelling to examine several mountain pine beetle management strategies used in Banff National […]
Source: Independent Record Collaborative groups working throughout Montana’s forests are looking for common ground with each other in a new organization. Montana Forest Collaborative Network held its first conference in Helena on Monday. The two-day event brought together collaboratives and interest groups focused on natural resource management and engaging with the state and federal agencies. […]