Timber sale levels on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest reached 128.7 million board feet in fiscal year 2018, a level of sales not seen since the early 1990s. The 2018 fiscal year was also the sixth…
Next year, from 27 to 31 May, the world’s leading trade fair for woodworking and wood processing plant, machinery and tools will present a wealth of innovations and applications for the entire wood industry. LIGNA…
Governor Steve Bullock unveiled a new forestry stewardship partnership to address pressing needs in forest management across ownership boundaries. A new strategic, planning strategy Forests in Focus 2.0: A Cross-Boundary Collaborative Approach builds on the…
Already the most destructive wildfire in California history, the Camp Fire in the Sierra Nevada foothills has become the state’s third deadliest — killing 23 people in three days, with more than 100 people unaccounted…
This summer, California experienced its largest fire in state history—the latest disaster in a growing trend towards hotter, larger, and more destructive fires. Without urgent action, wildfires will be even deadlier and costlier in years…
From: Timber Harvesting Editors Hurricane Michael made landfall October 10 near Mexico Beach, Fla., then moved on across parts of Alabama and into Georgia, the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia. Packing 155 MPH sustained winds, Michael…
New York State hosted the first-ever Forestry and Wood Products Summit Thursday in Binghamton. At the Broome County Regional Farmers Market, state and local officials met with key players in the forestry industry to discuss…
Acadia Insurance, a W. R. Berkley company, recently announced that it will pay more than $1.4 million in premium dividends to eligible policyholder members of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine Safety Group. Since 1999,…
Maine’s only post-secondary mechanized logging training program will graduate its second class, of eight students, later this week. Friday’s commencement ceremony will take place in the woods southeast of Ashland, where the group spent weeks…
An explosive wildfire has nearly tripled in size overnight in Northern California and prompted closure of a major freeway, just weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people, officials…
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has awarded its first Good Neighbor Authority restoration timber harvest sale. Colville-based Vaagen Brothers Timber Company was the successful bidder Tuesday for a project that will reduce…
Faced with the worst summer fire season in 10 years, Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing broad new changes to California’s logging rules that would allow landowners to cut larger trees and build temporary roads without…