Forests to Faucets Land owners along the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir Watershed could receive cash simply by planting trees on their property
Bark beetle problem will continue for at least 10 more years The more than two-hour meeting at Laramie County Community College drew about 100 people
Power from trash and biomass could save cash and carbon The $250,000 study, co-funded by the New York Energy Research and Development Authority, recommended that CURBI be built close to the Guterman greenhouse complex on Tower Road to pipe heat directly into the greenhouses
Mountain pine beetle is Alberta's eco-disaster Our disaster is the mountain pine beetle: Mother Nature's chainsaw. Is the province doing enough to help communities cope?
Landowners must act quickly to salvage timber Mississippi State University forestry specialists are advising landowners with timber damaged by the April 24 tornadoes to assess and remove injured trees promptly
UO study shows upswing, value in forest and watershed restoration Public investments pay off with jobs and rural economic development
Beetle attack forces UM to clearcut part of outdoor classroom The University of Montana's 28,000-acre outdoor classroom has been forced to do some traumatic logging in the past few weeks
Weyerhaeuser to review logging practices Voluntarily increase landslide protections while reviewing two watershed analyses
Wallowa-Whitman putting $12.3 million in stimulus monies to work The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest has received $12.3 million in American Re-investment and Recovery Act funds
Pine beetle epidemic to affect lumber supply continent-wide Interior sawmills are expected to start running out of good timber in 3 to 5 years
Pine beetle to have continentwide impact on lumber supply: Report A new report on the mountain pine beetle epidemic describes it as one of North America's largest natural environmental disasters
Strategy Offers Hope in Beetle Battle Combating the spread of mountain pine beetles as they destroy trees across the West may be impossible to do on a large scale
What's Killing the Great Forests of the American West? Across western North America, huge tracts of forest are dying off at an extraordinary rate, mostly because of outbreaks of insects
Pine beetles Liquefied shrimp and crab shells shipped from Iceland could help thwart the pine beetles killing millions of trees across Montana and the West
Logging beetle-killed forests challenge Forest ecologists trying to prevent the expansion of roads on public lands say in a new report that removing beetle-killed trees is unnecessary, except near mountain communities
Bitterroot forest walks fine line between ponderosa health, campground aesthetics The telltale dripping of sap on the thick pine bark shows where the towering trees fought back against flights of bark beetles that are just beginning to make their presence known on the Bitterroot National Forest
Report: climate, not beetles, main cause of forest fires A new report by four forest ecologists says climate rather than beetles is the main cause of forest fire risk, and that risk is best addressed by creating defensible spaces around homes instead of logging in the backcountry
Foresters land stimulus funding Chris White has spent most of his working life helping communities protect against catastrophic wildfires, and the Boulder company he co-founded 10 years ago is internationally known for that expertise.
Caught between beetle, hard spot in economy Beetles are battering Colorados forests, but the battle on the bugs also is bolstering the regions lumber industry, at least for a while.
Taking action against pine beetles Pine beetles are changing the look of forests in Estes Park and throughout the West. Although the forests will recover, many property owners will see trees around them die.
More beetle-kill logging ahead for Summit County Forest Service to run Fuels Reduction Project near Silverthorne, Colorado
Bark beetles rocked by sound A phenomenon being dubbed Beetlemania is playing out in northern Arizona.
Guest opinion: Forest biomass offers Montana promise, pitfalls The recent closure of Smurfit-Stones paper mill in Missoula has loggers and sawmill operators wondering who will buy their small logs, sawdust, chips and other residues -- an important stream of revenue
Group puts Medicine Bow Forest wood to work The (Wyoming association) is looking to bring in companies with "nonconventional" uses for the beetle-ravaged wood
Pine beetles infest 2.7M acres of Montana pine forests The epidemic is losing steam in some areas