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Forest Products and Forest Health
Denver, CO (September 2, 2009). Hard times have hit our western rural communities and our forested landscapes. The loss of an economically-viable forest products industry has put our western forests and communities in great peril. As our new administration delivers a new vision for forests, the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC) a group of state and federal forestry leaders released their new video and recommendations on how revitalizing the forestry sector will play a critical role in the restoration of our nations forests and economies.
Cf - The Forest Factor Press Release
ROSEBURG, OREGON — Communities for Healthy Forests announces the Premier showing of their latest video, “CF—The Forest Factor” on Tuesday, February 24th. The new educational video reveals the dramatic affect forests have on the earth’s climate today and into the future. The story is not only about forests and climate change, but about how replicating ancient forests sustainably can result in healthier, more resilient conditions while providing jobs and sustain our rural communities. The story of the forest unfolds with the scientific expertise of Dr. Thomas Bonnicksen and Dr. Thomas Atzet who have not only written and taught about forests, but have lived, worked and recreated in these forests over four decades.
March of the beetles bodes ill for American forests
MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST, Wyoming - From the vantage point of an 80-foot (25 meter) tower rising above the trees, the Wyoming vista seems idyllic: snow-capped peaks in the distance give way to shimmering green spruce.
But this is a forest under siege. Among the green foliage of the healthy spruce are the orange-red needles of the sick and the dead, victims of a beetle infestation closely related to one that has already laid waste to millions of acres (hectares) of pine forest in North America.
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