Blog

Many states take stand on LEED certification
Monday, June 10, 2013
With few locally produced building materials covered under current LEED standards, many state governors and legislatures are taking steps to change the laws and requirements for building new state buildings. In Georgia, Governor Deal used an executive order to ban state government construction projects from seeking LEED...
NASF gives testimony before Senate committee on wildland fire management
Friday, June 7, 2013
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing this week to explore ways to improve wildland fire management. Along with other witnesses, Oregon State Forester Doug Decker,  U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell and NAU’s Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) Director of Policy and Partnerships...
SFI seeks input to revise its forestry standard
Friday, June 7, 2013
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc.® (SFI®) has launched the process of revising its current standard to develop the SFI 2015-2019 Standard. They are reaching out to more than 10,000 stakeholders for input.  Currently 240 million acres are third-party certified to the SFI 2010-2014 Standard on public and private lands...
Growing markets for beetle killed timber
Friday, June 7, 2013
The devastation caused by the Mountain Pine Beetle has hit the U.S. and Canada hard, leaving a landscape of dead trees in formerly robust forests. Lodgepole pines have been among the hardest hit species, but the growing market for beetle kill pine products has given cause for hope among many along with a new green wood...
With wood market improving, companies invest
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
A partnership will invest $20 million to modernize and expand its plywood facility in Chopin, Louisiana. The firm plans to upgrade drying equipment, add a production line and create 24 jobs. The company will also retain 686 jobs. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the expansion project will result in an additional...
Loss of eastern hemlock will affect forest water use
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Eastern hemlock grows in streamside areas throughout the southern Appalachian Mountains, where it is a keystone species. Eastern hemlock plays an important role in the area’s water cycle, and regulates stream flow year round. Eastern hemlocks are facing widespread decline and mortality because of an exotic invasive insect...
Society of American Foresters 2013 National Convention registration open
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
The Society of American Foresters (SAF) have opened registration for their 2013 National Convention. Join the conversation about the roots and growth of the science of silviculture in the US and discuss its future as the tool of choice for people who manage forests for diverse objectives October 23-27, in North Charleston...
Riparian Tree Planting for Healthy Watersheds webinar announced
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
ACTrees is sponsoring a webinar on June 20, titled Riparian Tree Planting for Healthy Watersheds. As communities shoulder greater concern over water resources in urban areas, preserving natural buffer zones is a top priority. Riparian tree planting programs can help address pollution, erosion, flooding, water temperature,...
Research finds that trees lost to urban development is double of that lost to invasives
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Research at Clark University in Worcester, MA, where 30,000 trees have been removed since the Asian Longhorn Beetle (ALB) was found in the area, looked at various aspects of the infestation and responses to it. They found that while tree loss from ALB is a danger, tree loss due to urban development was double the number of...
Beetle-kill wood product reduces post-wildfire erosion
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Private landowners and public land managers soon will be able to use a novel type of straw made from beetle-kill Colorado pines to help reduce erosion and flooding after wildfires. A Steamboat Springs-based forest products business, is now manufacturing a mulch to reduce erosion and runoff in burn areas, thanks to...

Pages

Archives