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Thursday, May 16, 2013
This week NASF President Randy Dye testified on invasive species before the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. During his testimony, Mr. Dye stressed the importance of continued and improved collaboration between federal, state and local partners to help deal...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change proposed new sustainability criteria for biomass sourcing last September and a comment period wrapped up at the end of November, but the official standards are yet to be released. As proposed, a biomass power facility would have to demonstrate that 70 percent of the wood...
Monday, May 13, 2013
Which mulch is the right mulch? Research on mulch and fire can help you decide. There are many choices to use to beautify your landscaping. There are wood chips, pine bark, pine needles, shredded rubber and more. But which one is the safest?
Mulch has many positive attributes. It reduces the water requirements of plants,...
Monday, May 13, 2013
Last week Colorado residents participants were part of a pilot program called Wildfire Preparedness Day of Service. Hundreds of volunteers pitched in to work with a variety of organizations and governmental agencies on prevention and mitigation projects around Colorado.
Some examples of activities were the Northeast...
Friday, May 10, 2013
The weather is turning warmer and many people are venturing outside to enjoy the great outdoors. Now is the perfect time to remind campers, home improvement do-it-yourselfers and outdoor recreationists how important it is to be safe with fire.
NASF has created new campfire safety, outdoor fire safety and debris burning...
Friday, May 10, 2013
A new study released by the Forest Service addresses the loss of eastern hemlock from forests in the Southern Appalachian region of the United States. The hemlock woolly adelgid, an exotic invasive insect, has caused widespread hemlock mortality," says Steven Brantley, a post-doctoral researcher and lead author of the...
Friday, May 10, 2013
The people whose livelihood depends on forests have a message and they’re launching a campaign next week to deliver it. The message is that the industry isn’t just about cutting down trees. It also plants and cares for trees and the environment they grow in.
The campaign kicks off May 14 at the Atlanta headquarters of...
Friday, May 10, 2013
By early May, industry benchmark prices were off their highs for the year so far although much stronger than year-ago levels amid growing evidence of increasing demand for construction of single-family homes and especially multi-family buildings. Lumber industry officials think U.S. lumber prices are falling in response to...
Friday, May 10, 2013
Last week, officials with the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise said in their first 2013 summer fire outlook that a dry winter and expected warming trend mean the potential for significant fire activity will be above normal on the West Coast, in the Southwest and portions of Idaho and Montana. With wildfire season...
Friday, May 10, 2013
Citrus greening, a bacterial disease with no cure, has infected all 32 of Florida’s citrus-growing counties. While the bacteria, which causes fruit to turn bitter and drop from the trees when still unripe, affects all citrus fruits, it has been most devastating to oranges, the largest crop.
First spotted in Florida in 2005...
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