Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities

by Steve Kariainen: HFHC Great Lakes Director Montana’s Bruce Vincent likes to remind us, “The world is run by those who show up!” Margaret Mead is famous for saying, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can

A Democratic Governor in a deep-blue state made headlines in declaring a state of emergency ahead of this year’s wildfire season.  As part of the declaration, California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved to ease state regulations to expedite targeted forest management

The U.S. Forest Service released its budget justification for Fiscal Year 2020 and it includes a lot of information about the agency and its finances.  Buried in this voluminous document are details about settlement awards and attorneys fees related to

Jim Dudley is Vice President of Timber Resources for Swanson Group, a forest products company. The following is an excerpt of his address to the 2019 Oregon Logging Conference, of which he served as president. We have reprinted Jim’s address

Last month Cascadia Wildlands and Oregon Wild launched well-publicized attacks against the Bureau of Land Management’s “Pedal Power” timber sale, near Springfield and Willamalane Park and Recreation District’s Thurston Hills Natural Area.  You may be curious about what this manufactured

Steve Kariainen is Great Lakes Director for Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Change is nothing new to the forests of the Great Lakes region of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The forests are relatively young, having developed in the wake of the

Forest roads on National Forest System (NFS) lands are an essential part of America’s infrastructure, providing forest products, open space, wildlife habitat, clean water and air, and more. They provide motorized access into our federally-owned forests, enabling millions of Americans

by Molly Pitts, HFHC Rocky Mountains Director As a Colorado resident, I truly enjoy a wide variety of activities on all types of lands including secluded, designated wilderness areas. As a forester, I am deeply concerned with the idea of

By Tom Morton, Choose Outdoors Chairman of the Board and Bruce Ward, Choose Outdoors President The recent announcement of the “Platte Fifteen” Cross Laminated Timber building in Denver is great news, for many reasons. Platte and 15th Streets, formerly the

Rachel Lee Hall contributed the following to Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities. Check out her Forests Under Stress web site here.  Forest Under Stress (FUS) contains research and observation gathered over forty years while living in Southern Oregon. All photos were