by Web Editor | Apr 27, 2018 | News, News/PR
Better forest management would not only prevent wildfires but could serve as a valuable water-conservation tool, according to a study published Tuesday. California could save billions of gallons annually by undertaking significant forest thinning operations, according...
by Web Editor | Apr 19, 2017 | News, News/PR
It was risky, Paul Summerfelt concedes, to ask voters for an unprecedented $10 million bond issue for forest and watershed restoration. But the greater risk was to do nothing – to wait for the inevitable wildfire that damaged, or destroyed, the city of Flagstaff’s...
by Web Editor | Jan 30, 2017 | News, News/PR
A Forest Service program that pumped millions of dollars into rural communities has expired leaving more than 700 counties and 4,000 school districts facing sharply reduced revenue-sharing timber harvest payments. The Secure Rural Schools program, enacted in 2000, was...
by Web Editor | Dec 28, 2016 | News, News/PR
There are warning signs that some forests in the western U.S. may have a hard time recovering from the large and intense wildfires that have become more common as the climate warms. After studying 14 burned areas across 10 national forests in California, scientists...
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...