HELENA, Montana – Cooks crowd the kitchen to spice the pot known as the Tenmile Creek watershed on the Helena/Lewis and Clark National Forest. The city of Helena, Montana’s capital, relies on the 53-square-mile Tenmile watershed as its main source … [Continue reading]
USFS researchers aim to restore understory species to longleaf pine forests
Some plants are homebodies and refuse to thrive in new areas. “Plants have unique abilities to thrive where they grow, but moving plants outside their genetically adapted environment might cause them not to grow as well,” says Joan Walker, a … [Continue reading]
How can communities pay for forest restoration in critical watersheds?
If we truly understood that forests are infrastructure, we would invest in their maintenance and restoration as eagerly as we pay for irrigation canals and kitchen faucets and water lines, says Jonathan Kusel. “We need to increase the investment … [Continue reading]
Sierra Institute promotes triple bottom line of forest restoration
Into most every conversation, Jonathan Kusel works in a pitch for his three-legged stool of forest restoration – the “triple bottom line.” “The longstanding conversation has centered around environment and jobs – and whether you could have both,” … [Continue reading]
New online library educates professionals, public about wood construction
The industry group reThink Wood has created an online research library (at http://research.rethinkwood.com/resource) to provide professionals and the public with information on tall wood buildings and the latest information on the advantages of using … [Continue reading]
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