Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities

These photos illustrate how active forest management can help improve the health of our forests, while protecting our communities from the impacts of devastating wildfires. Tom Partin from the American Forest Resource Council shared these photos from the Telegraph Project

This is the second interview in our series in partnership with Evergreen Magazine Rob, from Moscow Idaho – describes his view of what he perceives as contributing factors to the current state of our forests. Like many he is hesitant

Capt. William E. Simpson II – USMM Ret., Naturalist, Rancher has contributed the following to our blog: In the USFS webpage above, it indicates that the East Fire in Trinity County, CA is now a ‘prescribed burn through wildfire’ as

Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities is pleased to announce that it has joined the Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership (WYFP), and Steve Kariainen, HFHC’s Great Lakes Region Director will serve on WYFP’s steering committee. The WYFP was organized in December 2013 to

This is the second interview in our series in partnership with Evergreen Magazine: The Evergreen Foundation Emily, from Seattle, discusses wildfire and climate change with a unique perspective having grown up near Paradise, CA and now as a resident of

We’ve joined forces with Evergreen Magazine to announce the first of our new Man on the Street interview series. These are a collection of interviews, offering both urban and rural viewpoints- aimed at exploring the public perception of wildfire, forest

In May, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced S. 1262. This matters to Southern Oregon because it expands the Wild Rogue Wilderness by 60,000-acres and creates a 98,000-acre recreation area adjacent to the existing Wild Rogue Wilderness Area (maps

The alternating sunny warm weather interspersed with soaking rains has made for the most prodigious crop of grass and brush on the landscape that I have seen in decades. Coupled with that, the signs from the flora and fauna are

Anna Yarbrough, a forester, contributed the following article in light of a proposed tax increase in the Oregon Legislature. We appreciate her willingness to allow us to publish the following, which first appeared on her Facebook page: First, let me

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