Forest Service records shows that Stimson either did not bid on national forest timber sales in the region or was not competitive enough to purchase those sales in recent years. Webber said the company procures its timber from a variety of sources, including sales from national forests, as well as industrial and nonindustrial timberlands. Since then, the company bid on a few timber sales offered by the six nearest national forests. When Stimson Lumber co. announced its decision to close...

The catastrophic data on deforestation, released by the Government on Friday afternoon, demands ministers and officials start listening to the forestry industry and implement a comprehensive policy response, including reversing its disastrous 2002 decision to confiscate the carbon credits earned by forest owners since 1990, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. The catastrophic data on deforestation, released by the Government on Friday afternoon, demands ministers and officials...

Forest Service says Northeast Tennessee is almost ten inches behind in rainfall, and it's the dry conditions that's making this fire hard to quench. Campers said they noticed a little smoke and ash, but they're used to being around camp fires, so it didn't bother them. To watch video online please click here to download the latest version of the Flash plugin. It's not threatening campers who came out for the holiday weekend. Search TriCities.com Keyword Search Site. The fire spreading in...

A potential disaster was averted in Likely when a slash and burn pile took off into the surrounding forest on private land owned by Wesley Gainer. A Lockheed Electra air tanker contracted by BC Forestry was enlisted, dropping two full loads of retardant on the almost two hectares of burning forest while a bird dog plane circled continuously to monitor the progress of the fire. Anxious onlookers parked beside the Likely Road on the valley wall across from the Gainer property to get a...

FEATURE-Palm oil puts squeeze on Asia's endangered orangutan Sun 27 May 2007 7:05 PM ET By Gillian Murdoch PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan, May 28 (Reuters) - Bound hand and foot, dishevelled orangutans caught raiding Borneo's oil palm crops silently await their fate as a small crowd of plantation workers gather to watch. FEATURE-Palm oil puts squeeze on Asia's endangered orangutan Sun 27 May 2007 7:05 PM ET By Gillian Murdoch PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan, May 28 (Reuters) - Bound...