by Web Editor | Nov 15, 2017 | News, News/PR
While large fires have had dramatic impacts in some Pacific Northwest forests, only about 10 percent of the forested lands in the eastern Cascades have burned in the last 30 years, and young trees and dense forests are continuing to grow at a rate that outstrips...
by Web Editor | Dec 9, 2016 | News, News/PR
Insects, both native and those brought into the country, are draining the life out of the nation’s forests. Global trade, a warming climate, and drought-damaged trees have helped insects to become one of the greatest threats to biodiversity in the U.S. The...
by Web Editor | May 20, 2016 | News, News/PR
When Gary Lovett was studying the effect of acid rain in New York’s Catskill Mountains 20 years ago, he ended the experiment early because so many trees in the test plots were dying — not from acid rain, but from attacks by forest pests. “I consider air...
by Web Editor | Jul 25, 2012 | News, News/PR
Forests in the Pacific Northwest store more carbon than any other region in the United States, but our warming climate may undermine their storage potential. A new study conducted by the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station and the Climate Impacts...