Transport is a major cost input for the forestry industry and a significant factor in the competitiveness of our timber exports. Journalist and author, Graeme Hunt (pictured), says this government bill encroaches on well established principles held sacred within open and free democracies. It is counter productive to further stretch the viability of the very industry fundamental to achieving carbon neutrality. The Wood Processors Association is staggered by the Government s decision to hike...

A group of conservationists will release a new study that they say shows it makes more economic sense to cut less timber. Meanwhile, the Forest Service has extended the public comment period on the new draft plan that now runs through the end of the month. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed for any commercial purpose. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Tongass timber By Lauren Maxwell, CBS 11 News Reporter Article Last Updated:03/28/2007...

Georgia (default) Verdana Times New Roman Arial A federal judge in San Francisco threw out the Bush administration's new rules Friday for managing the country's 155 national forests, saying the government had failed to consider the environmental effects that could result from the changes. Georgia (default) Verdana Times New Roman Arial A federal judge in San Francisco threw out the Bush administration's new rules Friday for managing the country's 155 national forests, saying the government...

MOUNT AIRY A landscape muddied by rain and cattle dung, coupled with an overcast sky didn't dampen the spirits of more than 100 volunteers who planted 1,300 native trees and shrubs recently to help restore 7,000 feet of stream bank on an Old Annapolis Road beef cattle farm. The Frederick News-Post Online - Frederick County Maryland Daily Newspaper Mon, April 2, 2007. MOUNT AIRY A landscape muddied by rain and cattle dung, coupled with an overcast sky didn't dampen the spirits of more than...

I have a screened-porch on the northwest corner of the house that catches evening breezes and allows me a window of sound into the forest around my house. He is a very aggressive male, and I watched him one day pin a chipping sparrow to the top of a post as he zipped back and forth in about a 10-inch space. How anyone lives without a screened-porch is a real mystery to me! What a joy to just sit quietly and listen after a long, hectic day working in the yard. In all my years of stomping...