Can The U.S. Forest Service Shift Its Fire Focus?

For years, Davey Pitcher pushed federal foresters for permission to protect trees just outside of his family’s Wolf Creek Ski Area from the invasion of the spruce beetle. The West Fork complex of wildfires bore down on Wolf Creek this summer. Davey Pitcher wants the...

U.S. Forest Service: Fewer Trees Dying Nationwide

According to a report released Sept. 10 by the United States Forest Service, the number of dead trees on 750 million acres of public and private forests across America is on the decline for the second straight year. The report, Major Forest Insect and Disease...