forest health

The Washington state Department of Natural Resources has launched the process of establishing the harvest levels for forested state lands on both sides of the Cascades for the next ten years. State law requires that DNR set a sustainable harvest level, the volume of timber scheduled for sale during the next decade, so that the 2 ...

Oregon senator Jeff Merkley says he has secured much needed funding to help rural communities across the state, make forests more resilient and protect public lands. The bill is the basis for negotiations with the House, as Congress works to fund the government for fiscal year 2022 ...

Forest Health took center state at a Senate Ag committee hearing last week. Joe Fox is President of the National Association of State Foresters. "To maintain our forests as carbon sinks we can't let them be destroyed by out of control wildfires we must reduce wildfire fuel loads in our forests ...

Washington State University researchers are asking for your help in monitoring the concerning die-off of the western red cedar. Postdoctoral fellow Joseph Hulbert said this red cedar is an important species to the Northwest for cultural value and as a value of the region’s industrial heritage. “ ...

According to the state Department of Natural Resources, forests across Washington continue to face an array of challenges. According to the state’s latest Forest Health Highlights Report, many of those challenges have been brought on by an increasingly dry climate as well as past forest management practices. T ...

To better contain and suppress wildfire activity the U.S. Forest Service says her department has to treat more land and "up their game". Chief, Vicki Christiansen recently said between two to three acres of national forest land are treated for wildfire prevention annually ...

On Friday, Senator Maria Cantwell announced that four Washington lands projects, two in North Central Washington, and one each in Kitsap and Clark counties, will receive $14,740,000 to protect salmon spawning streams and other watershed projects ...

Washington State University and the state Department of Natural Resources will work together on a free weekend workshop focused on forest health, forestry, wildfire risks and more. Professor, Kevin Zobrist said he thinks this is one of the best and most diverse line up they’ve offered. “We're ...

When it comes to managing Washington’s forests and preventing wildfires, House Bill 1168 is getting a lot of attention this session. The proposal would create a dedicated fund of $125 million every biennium for wildfire response, forest restoration and community resilience. The ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry is encouraging landowners to plan for healthy forests following the devastating wildfires that burned over Labor Day weekend. The ODF’s Jim Gersbach said when a fire sweeps through a timbered area, burned trees have perhaps less than a year before they are not commercially valuable and won't be accepted at the mill. "Land ...