by Web Editor | Nov 10, 2017 | News, News/PR
Trees in California’s forests are dying at alarming rates, creating both problems and opportunities for rural communities and local economies with deep roots in the timber industry. The California Natural Resources Agency in mid-October issued a set of recommendations...
by Web Editor | Dec 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
In the early 1900s, an average forested acre in California supported fewer than 50 or so trees. After a century of efforts to fight wildfires, the average has risen to more than 300 (albeit mostly smaller) trees. Some might reckon such growth wonderful, but it is a...
by Web Editor | Aug 15, 2016 | News, News/PR
A new study finds the West is likely to see slower-growing Douglas fir trees in the future, as temperatures and droughts increase with climate change. Researchers with the University of California-Davis took core samples from 122 Douglas fir trees across the region to...
by Web Editor | Jan 18, 2016 | News, News/PR
Scientists say that 10 years of study completed in December convinced them that the U.S. Forest Service should proceed with aggressive forest thinning projects in the Sierra Nevada. The problem, say observers and even representatives of forest management agencies, is...