forests

Michael Hoyt writes, "The Montana representative for the trade association, American Forest Resource Council, attempted to resurrect that old, worn-out, dishonest claim that environmentalists get rich by taking the Forest Service to court."

Mike Garrity writes, "Simply put, the Idaho Panhandle National Forest is using ‘chainsaw medicine’ to clearcut mature forests at the behest of the ever-greedy timber industry."

Research links cedar death to climate, details which trees are dying, which are surviving and shows how the species might be saved.

George Wuerthner writes, "Contrary to logging proponents' assertions that thinning/logging will reduce wildfire spread and fire severity, there is abundant evidence that chainsaw medicine increases wildfire spread."

A bill introduced in Congress this week by Colorado Democrats would allocate $60 billion in federal funding for efforts to protect vulnerable forests and watersheds and mitigate wildfire risk throughout the West.

The 2002 drought was a massive catalyst for pests, including the spruce beetle, which in Colorado impacted 1.89 million acres statewide over two decades.