by Web Editor | Jun 5, 2015 | News, News/PR
The bracken ferns already have come back strong, along with the wild irises and ground-hugging thimbleberries. But all around them are charred stumps and trees so badly scorched by last fall’s wildfire, known as the 36 Pit Fire, that they are dying. The fire,...
by Web Editor | Apr 17, 2015 | News, News/PR
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised the Senate’s move Tuesday night to extend a lifeline to rural Oregon communities with final passage of a two-year renewal of the Secure Rural Schools program. “This extension ends months of uncertainty for Oregon’s rural communities,...
by Web Editor | Feb 4, 2015 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have disapproved the state of Oregon’s coastal nonpoint pollution control program because it does not sufficiently protect salmon streams and landslide-prone...
by Web Editor | Jan 31, 2014 | News, News/PR
Fads in Oregon forestry come and go, but policy makers should recognize the value in a multiplicity of approaches, according to John Gordon, Pinchot professor emeritus and former dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. “Oregon has a lot of...
by Web Editor | Aug 28, 2013 | News, News/PR
Timmons Group was contracted for the planning, design and implementation of a Forest Activity Electronic Notification and Reporting System (FERNS) application for Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). The final product will require an intuitively designed,...
