by Web Editor | Jan 6, 2017 | News, News/PR
Restoration and recovery work started Monday in the area damaged by last year’s massive Pioneer Fire, and will likely continue for the two weeks, according to forest officials. The Pine Flats hazard timber sale was awarded to the Boise Cascade Company, after it...
by Web Editor | Nov 12, 2014 | News, News/PR
Wildfires scorched nearly 1.5 million acres in Oregon, Washington and Idaho this year. And with increased demand for timber from lumber mills, there is a growing market for scorched trees. Time is of the essence in post-fire salvage. Fungus, bugs and rot degrade dead...
by Web Editor | Nov 28, 2012 | News, News/PR
Officials with the Bureau of Land Management are preparing an environmental assessment as part of a plan to salvage timber burned last summer in a wildfire in west-central Idaho. BLM officials want to log about 10 million board feet on 940 acres in the John Day...