A parliamentary group says government subsidies to so-called co-fired power stations that use wood and other biomass products could price other wood users, such as Kronospan, out of the market. GOVERNMENT proposals to use wood alongside coal as fuel in large power stations could threaten employment at a major wood products factory near Wrexham. Not only do these subsidies for co-firing detract from efforts to incentivise emerging renewable technologies such as wind, solar and wave power,...

Strong winds drove the flames east and north, blowing embers that started new fires as much as half a mile from the main fire, said Angie Dillingham, a Plumas National Forest fire information officer. Firefighters working on the east side of the fire were focusing their efforts on protecting the handful of cabins in its path, Dillingham said. On the north flank, firefighters burned the vegetation ahead of the flames to eliminate the fuels and halt the fire's progress. Winds blow Plumas...

The sale of these plants, oils and resins, or non-timber forest products (NTFPs) as they are called, provides the overwhelming source of income to local communities in Nepal, who also rely on the plants for food, medicines and fuel. Every year in Nepal's Himalaya highlands, villagers gather some 15,000 tons of medicinal plants from the wild, pack and dry them and sell them to traders for export. Once a plant supply runs out, the medicinal traders move on, leaving the villagers, who have...

Forest Service contract; and the latest initiatives from private industry to find a local markets for the large quantities of beetle-killed timber accumulating here and in neighboring counties. forum will address the current state of forest health project funding by federal, state and local government, the number and location of wildfire mitigation projects in Summit County under U. Fitz-Gerald to headline July 12 forum on forest health funding. Summit Daily News for Breckenridge,...

The lightening-caused fire could also force evacuation of Mormon Lake, a nearly 200-person community east of the fire, though officials expect a forest road to block the fire's progress. But forest officials still need the public's help in preventing prevent human-caused fires before monsoon rains wet forests enough to mitigate fire danger, Payne said. Authorities did not open an emergency shelter because the communities are primarily summer homes and residents were able to find shelter...