"Researchers Project Intense Fire Season in the West"
"It will be hot, dry and a bad fire year for much of the West, Forest Service researchers are predicting."
Source: Greenwire, 07/28/2009
Forests
"Thousands Flee Western Canadian Wildfires"
Winds are whipping up wildfires in a British Columbia community where housing subdivisions have encroached on surrounding forests in recent years. Thousands of people are being evacuated from their homes.
Source: Reuters, 07/20/2009
"Ketchikan Mill Is Awarded Orion North Timber"
"The U.S. Forest Service agreed Monday to sell timber to a Ketchikan mill in a roadless area of the Tongass National Forest after the Obama administration's approved the sale."
Source: Juneau Empire, 07/17/2009
"Obama Adminstration Drops Bush Logging Plan for Western Oregon"
"The Obama administration is withdrawing a controversial Bush-era logging plan for millions of acres of federal forests in western Oregon."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 07/17/2009
Bark Beetles Seen as Natural Event
The bark beetles devastating millions of acres of western pine forests are actually a native insect whose destruction -- like that of wildfire -- is part of a natural cycle of forest regeneration.
Source: NYTimes, 07/08/2009
"Judge Tosses Bush-Era Forest Management Regulations"
"A federal judge sided with environmentalists yesterday and threw out Bush-era Forest Service regulations that govern management plans for national forests."
Source: Greenwire, 07/02/2009
"Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts"
Bark beetles "munching and killing pine trees by the millions from Colorado to Canada" add a dangerous unknown to predictions for the coming wildfire season.
Source: NYTimes, 06/29/2009
Wildfires
Wildfires rage every summer — and make news. Here are some key sources useful to reporters.
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