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Local Page Tahkenitch Lake
For over 8000 years - a managed forest!
Local Page What Happened to the Trees?
Ever wonder what happens to the trees we log in our forests?
   
   
Local Page McInnis Walden Healthy Forest Bill Passes House of Representatives
Letter from Congressman Greg Walden to Mike McMurray
Local Page Catastrophic WildFire Ad
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Fire Prevention Study
Study says more emphasis on prevention would lower costs of fighting wildfires

Local Page Fire Rehab Budget a Fraction of Request
Congress has decided to let Mother Nature do most of the needed wildfire rehabilitation across Colorado this year, despite a call for immediate action
PDF document The Illusion of Preservation (206 KB)
A Global Environmental Argument for the Local Production of Natural Resources
PDF document Forest Health and Fire: An Overview and Evaluation (3,489 KB)
National Association of Forest Service Retirees
Local Page Radical Environmental Appeals Add Fuel to Forest Fires
GAO study finds that environmental groups block projects focused on protecting homes and families from the horror of wildfire
Off-site link Greens Go Up in Smoke
Will sensible forest policies rise from the ashes?
Local Page Mountain Pine Beetle in Canada Western British Columbia's forest sector faces a "catastrophe" after efforts to stop a tiny black beetle from infesting millions of lodgepole pine trees failed.
PDF document WFPA FYI: Elk Research Summary (980 KB)
Interesting summary of research on elk populations responses to thermal cover, forage and hunting
Local Page Pests wrecking drought-stricken forests
An insect the size of a grain of rice...
Local Page Pre-European America
An interesting article that builds on previous similar articles
Off-site link Rural Cleansing Environmentalists' goal: Depopulate the countryside
Federal authorities were forced to cut off water to 1,500 farms in Oregon's and California's Klamath Basin in April...
Off-site link The Nature Conservancy: A series of articles from the Washington Post
Local Page America: The Good Neighbor
Editorial on the US from a Canadian after 9/11...
   


Local Page Land Trusts Attempt Stealth Tax Cut
TAX FAVORITISM for the Nature Conservancy approved by Senate Committee
Local Page 'Cheery' notes on wildfires Just before Colorado suffered its worst forest fire on record, the Sierra Club's website contained a cheery little quiz on forest fires...
Local Page Under fire in Colorado The issue: Is the drought alone to blame?
Our view: Not when the forests are this thick.
Off-site link Chainsaw Politics
A fascinating article on timber politics and Mark Rey
Off-site link Family Sawmills: Endangered!
Eco-lobby, government policies lead to demise of last local timber firm
Off-site link Bring Back DDT, and Science With It!
The 1972 U.S. ban on DDT is responsible for a genocide 10 times larger than that for which we sent Nazis to the gallows at Nuremberg...
Off-site link Truth Under Fire
Environmentalist claims of vindication go up in smoke
Off-site link Sierra Club board blasts Feinstein on logging
Oregon senator also hit hard for compromise on fire prevention
Off-site link Activists hit streets, tree themselves
Forest protesters plan summerlong campaign
Local Page Pledge of Allegience Ruled Unconstitutional
ACU's Keene Calls for Impeachment of Judges Who Ruled Pledge Unconstitutional

 

 

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