Forest Journalism for a Sustainable Future
My wildland fire experience began in 1973 at a U.S. Forest Service fire research lab, conducting early fire behavior studies. My time on firelines across Alaska and throughout the lower 48 states spans from 1978 to 2012. I have been teaching about … [Continue reading]
SmartLam Technologies Group, the first U.S. manufacturer of cross-laminated timber products, intends to quadruple its production of CLT and develop new types of engineered wood products with an expansion into the former Weyerhaeuser lumber mill site … [Continue reading]
Treesource, a new online magazine promoting “forest journalism for a sustainable future,” will host a public forum in Missoula Oct. 24 on living with fire and the record-setting 2017 wildfire season. Treesource president David Atkins said the … [Continue reading]
Editor’s note: A timely new report from Bozeman, Montana-based Headwaters Economics explores how communities and counties in that state can learn from one another’s land-use planning strategies – as well as best practices in other states – to reduce … [Continue reading]
Will the 2017 fire season’s cost and calamities be enough to provoke change in how the U.S. Congress funds wildland firefighting? Several Western senators believe it should be, as does Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. In a late-September … [Continue reading]