Trees Forests
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The forest fire season has finally gotten underway in Montana, and the “Cascade” fire is a potential threat to the tourist town of Red Lodge. Firefighters fear strong winds could send fire toward Red Lodge. By Molly Priddy Billings Gazette Staff Update July 30, 2008. Wind shift somewhat diminishes threat to Red Lodge. Billings Gazette…
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Heath Druzin and Rocky Barker discuss fire policy, suppression and keeping your public forests manicured: ‘Only you’ can change how we deal with fire – Idaho Statesman
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The following “guest essay” in New West is by Dr. Chad Hanson, a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California at Davis. My view is that the logging industry has always used forest fires to try to stampede people into supporting policies that are bad for the forests, the environment, and most people except…
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The New Colonialism. Our Forest Legacy. The Flathead Beacon. The Plum Creek matter is a growing issue. Here is another article. George Wuerthner recommended a link to this article.
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Microburst downs thousands of trees at Redfish Lake. ‘A miracle that no one was killed’ during mountain wind event. By Greg Stahl. Idaho Mountain Express. This happened on July 3. There were thousands of people in the area.
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This has got to be one of my favorite stories. It is too rare these days that public officials are directly held to account. The court date for Rey is set for Tuesday. Agriculture chief may face jail time As the story illustrates, and we’ve gone over before, Rey spent much time with disgraced Sen.…
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“The plan could mean the loss of more than 2,700 jobs – nearly 10 percent of the agency’s work force – as well as reductions in dozens of non-fire related programs, from road and trail maintenance to state assistance, land acquisition and recreation, lawmakers said.” Forest Service could lose 2,700 jobs. By Matthew Daly. Associated…