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Source: Treesource.org Most of us know Chuck Leavell from what he calls his “night job,” as the longtime keyboardist for the Rolling Stones. But Leavell has another gig, and he attacks it with equal fervor: forestry. Whether managing his 3,000-acre pine and oak...

Source: Rapid City Journal U.S. Forest Service officials said this month that the 20-year mountain pine beetle epidemic in the Black Hills has officially ended, but that doesn't mean their fight against the tree-killing insects is over. In fact, an effort to limit the...

Source: Linkedin By Phil Riebel In countries such as Canada and the U.S., continually improving sustainable forest management practices will play a key role in mitigating climate change and ensuring a long-term wood supply. Climate change, caused by increasing levels...

Source: Sustainable Brands By Tom Martin As with most industries these days, companies in paper and packaging know that their customers — be they publishers, fast food companies or office suppliers — want to buy products that are deemed sustainable. They know that...

Source: Greater Good Berkeley By Kristophe Green, Dacher Keltner The Benefits of Reconnecting with.Nature Humans have long intuited that being in nature is good for the mind and body. From indigenous adolescents completing rites of passage in the wild, to modern East...

Source: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Study: How the Pine Beetle Epidemic Effects Montana's Elk Wildlife researchers want to know how some of Montana's prized elk are doing after a pine beetle epidemic killed millions of trees across Western Montana. "In this part of...

Source: Two Sides In countries such as Canada and the U.S., continually improving sustainable forest management practices will play a key role in mitigating climate change and ensuring a long-term wood supply. Climate change, caused by increasing levels of greenhouse...

Source: GQ By: Louise Hart When you think of wooden buildings, you likely think of log cabins or New England clapboard cottages. But thanks to new technologies like treatments for bamboo or cross-laminated "engineered" timber, wood is stronger, lighter, fireproof, and...

Source: The Nature Conservancy By: Justin Adams Humankind has always had a tricky relationship with forests. We depend on them to regulate the climate and rainfall, clean our air and water, sustain myriad species of plants and animals, and support the livelihoods of...

Source: The Forest Blog By: Russ Vaagen I have been meaning to use more video to tell our story.  Here’s my first shot at doing that.  This is the active management portion of the Era of Megafires presentation that Paul Hessburg with the Pacific Northwest Research...

Source: BBC Gutenberg figured out how to make large quantities of durable metal type and how to fix that type firmly enough to print hundreds of copies of a page, yet flexibly enough that the type could be reused to print an entirely different page. His famous bibles...

Source: Linkedin By: John Matel I was talking to a couple people about building with wood. They acknowledged wood's advantages, but asked if we would run out of wood. I told the unequivocally that we will NOT run out of timber in America. The United States is the...

Source: Oregon State University When it comes to proper management of our public forests, some would like to take a page from the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu. He posed the concept of non-action as an approach to life. In our forests, if we do nothing and let...

Source: The Forest Blog By: Russ Vaagen Public lands can and should remain public, with a caveat.  These federal lands need to be managed appropriately. Currently, they are not.  There is a reason that so many people living in rural America are shouting for a change...

Source: Billings Gazette His job title — “city forester” — may sound like a contradiction. But Steve McConnell, who’s been on the job for the city of Billings for about six weeks, has a good idea how he can help build on Billings’ long history of caring for and about...