Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities

Last month the Biden Administration issued a report suggesting United States must double or quadruple the rate at which it thins and removes dead wood from its forests to reduce the threat of wildfires. The call for increased forest management comes after

So far we’ve seen major forest fires from Wisconsin to New Jersey.  An active fire on New Mexico’s Lincoln National Forest is being described as a “wake-up call.”  Bone-dry conditions elsewhere in the west are stoking predictions of another bad

Anyone who pays taxes or recreates on national forests in Oregon should support the U.S. Forest Service’s efforts to remove dead and dying trees that pose safety hazards to the public.  In the face of liability concerns, failure to act

Rebuilding America’s infrastructure has been a bipartisan priority for years. Now it is Joe Biden’s turn. The president has unveiled a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that will fuel plenty of debate in the months ahead.  We hope both Republicans and

President Joe Biden signed an executive order setting a goal of protecting 30 percent of all U.S. lands and waters by 2030. What does “30×30” mean, and what does it “protect” these lands and waters from? According to the Natural

On Labor Day, 2020, Oregon witnessed the start of the most destructive wildfire season in recent history, burning nearly one million acres across public and private forest lands in less than a week. Now that the smoke has cleared, our

The Mt. Hood National Forest provides clean water, recreation, forest products, and wildlife to the region. But these values are at risk from large and severe fires. Nearly 200,000 acres of the Mt. Hood National Forest have burned since last

In a recent letter to congressional leadership, dozens of scientists urged policymakers to support legislative proposals recognizing forest management and wood utilization as part of the solution to climate change. Their research found wood and wood products, when appropriately deployed,