Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities

Wildlife managers in NW Montana are working to increase local grizzly bear populations at a time when large swaths of forests are at high risk of wildfires, insects and disease. Unfortunately, efforts to improve forest health and resiliency on the

On Earth Day, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order recognizing the role that federal forests play “in combating climate change and the importance of maintaining their resilience.” In their news coverage, the media largely focused on provisions aimed at

By Chuck Leavell, Owner of Charlane Woodlands and Keyboardist with The Rolling Stones; and Tom Martin, former President and CEO of The American Forest Foundation As we celebrate another Earth Day we can take pride in the conservation progress of

Of the 193 million acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands, less than half (45 percent) are unreserved and available for forest management and timber harvest. The rest are either permanently set aside as Congressionally-designated wilderness areas or national monuments or are

Forest Under Stress (FUS) is a short film about Rachel Lee Hall, a longtime resident of and advocate for the Southern Oregon forest health, and her observations regarding the forest’s diminishing resiliency caused by the continuous disruption in the hydrological

The invasion of Ukraine is a grave humanitarian crisis. It is also another reason for Americans to consider where their consumer products come from. As a variety of Western industries cut ties with Russia, human rights groups have called for

We were recently asked about an guest opinion that appeared in the East Oregonian newspaper, which argues that logging and wood processing emits far more carbon than a wildfire. The following is that opinion, along with our response: One of

The Biden Administration in January announced a 10-year, $50 billion strategy for addressing the nation’s wildfire crisis. Calling it a “paradigm shift” for forest management, the administration says their strategy will reduce wildfire risks on an additional 20 million acres of National

Vinh Lang is the son of migrant tree planters who planted trees from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast and up to Maine. Vinh has worked as a tree planter and forest technician for over 15 years and assisted in

There’s no question western forests have an important role to play in addressing climate change. Healthy forests can sequester and store enormous amounts of carbon.  Setting aside federally-owned forests as “strategic” reserves for carbon storage- as some have proposed– is