Russia has more than one-fifth of the world’s forest areas, which contain more than 55% of the world’s conifers, and 11% of the world’s biomass. Yet, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, […]

The USDA Forest Service’s Eastern Region State, Private, and Tribal Forestry Watershed Forestry Team is launching a new webinar series in summer 2024 for foresters and natural resource professionals. The quarterly series offers […]

Discover the growing potential of Geiger LiDAR technology in forestry settings! This FREE FOR MEMBERS webinar will explore Geiger-mode LiDAR including technical background, strengths and weaknesses compared to other LiDAR, examples and […]

On August 5, 1949, a fire was spotted at Mann Gulch near Helena, Montana. The U.S. Forest Service dispatched a team of 15 smokejumpers who were met by a fire […]

Temperate old-growth forests are found globally in both the northern and southern hemispheres, sharing many unique characteristics but also exhibiting fascinating differences.  In this talk, Professor William Keeton will take […]

President Biden’s executive order, ‘Strengthening the Nation's Forests, Communities, and Local Economies,’ (EO#14072, April 22, 2022) acknowledges the interest in mature and old-growth (MOG) forests by directing U.S. Federal agencies […]

Cutover Capitalism: The Industrialization of the Northern Forest with Jason Newton When Americans landed on the Moon in 1969, in the northeastern U.S. there were still workers cutting trees with […]

The Pacific Northwest has millions of acres of unlogged mature and old-growth forests. We have learned much about their ecology and conservation after more than four decades of research and […]

Title: Flame cap kilns: From Slash piles to soil health, no smoke required Speaker: Korina Stark, co-founder of Circular Spring Join us for an informative presentation on the flame cap kiln technology, […]

Old-growth is a scientific term, and as environmental professionals, we need to be advocates for science.  At the same time, the term “old-growth” conjures up emotions with most members of […]

Are you a farmer or small woodland owner with Oregon Ash trees on your property? If so, Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an invasive insect recently discovered in Oregon that […]