Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities

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

It is estimated the average tree takes in 1.5 pounds of carbon dioxide and gives off roughly a pound of oxygen for every pound of wood grown. That’s why addressing climate change requires actively managing forests to maintain the healthy,

Patt Dorsey is the Director of Conservation Operations for the National Wild Turkey Federation. The NWTF’s mission is delivered primarily through habitat enhancement and conservation projects. The NWTF is working with the USFS and other partners across the US to

A forestry professor once wrote whenever we “hear ‘the science is clear,’ it should raise a red flag about both the science itself and the person making the proclamation.” The professor adds: “…for an individual who states in a policy