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News archives

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Apostle Islands will be wilderness
Duluth News Tribune Duluth, MN Posted on Tue, Mar. 30, 2004 WISCONSIN:About 80 percent of the land will be protected, but little will change in how the public may use it. BY JOHN MYERS NEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER The National Park Service has decided to protect about 80 percent... Continued...

Forest of mystery: Who destroyed 65 pines?
Larry Oakes, Star Tribune Northern Minnesota Correspondent March 29, 2004TREES0329 DULUTH -- Highway official John Bray remembers reading a warning somewhere, he thinks it might have been in Robin Hood: "You never shoot the King's pheasants, and you never cut the King's trees." That'... Continued...

Monday, March 29, 2004

Embracing Ecological Forestry
Thus far, investment dollars earmarked for ecological forestry have flowed to the hardwood forests of the Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast. The largely softwood forests of the West have yet to see these ventures take hold. Here in our home terrain, Ecotrust has launched a fund -- Ecotrust Forests... Continued...

Loggers' co-op questions sky high stumpage prices
Friday, March 26, 2001904 Volume 15, Issue 11 Loggers’ co-op questions sky high stumpage prices By Marshall Helmberger A loggers’ cooperative, based in Aurora, is asking St. Louis County to end its practice of selling timber stumpage at oral auctions. It is also asking the attorney genera... Continued...

Cascades, North America's Fourth Largest Tissue Paper Manufacturer, agrees to acquire certified pulp to make forest friendly products.
Toronto, March 26, 2004 - Greenpeace is pleased to announce today that Cascades Tissue Group (CAS-TSX), in line with its environmental mission statement, has taken further steps to decrease its impact on the environment. Cascades is the first major manufacturer of tissue products (bathroom tissue, p... Continued...

Newest Wisconsin Family Forests Alliance
Buena Vista became the newest Wisconsin Family Forests Alliance on March 28, 2004, when it held its initial meeting. Twenty-five town people attended the meeting at the Elizabeth Inn, in Plover. Chris Wyman is the leader of the new group, and was very helpful in making the arrangements and pro... Continued...

Request for Letter of Interest to Participate in the Review of the Science Pertaining to Forest Riparian Management
The Minnesota Forest Resources Council (Council) is soliciting the names of scientists who are interested and meet the specific criteria listed below to participate in the review and discussion of riparian science with the intent of developing guidelines related to riparian management. Existing guid... Continued...

Monday, March 22, 2004

Nursery reports oak disease infested plants have been sold out of state -- scientists shocked
CALIFORNIA - SF Chronicle Thursday, March 11, 2004 Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Ornamental plants in the largest nursery in California -- a place that distributes flora around the country -- have been infested with spores from the tree-killing disease known as sudden oak death, it w... Continued...

Thursday, March 18, 2004

FSC: Lumber You Can Feel Good About
FSC is your guide to the good wood. Forests and lumber: Who can blame us for wanting it all? After all,wood is a renewable resource that's abundant right here. It's easier on the planet than steel or concrete, and provides good jobs for the people who live in our communities. Unfortunately, ind... Continued...

Governor Doyle Announces More than $650,000 in State Grants to Assist Stora Enso Expansion
Thursday, March 11, 2004 Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Tim Laatsch, Stora Enso, 715-422-4023 Jessica Erickson, Governor's Office, 608-261-2156 Company to Upgrade Facilities, Expand Production Capabili... Continued...

Chainsaw Safety Workshop April 24
Press Release For Immediate Release Loggers, landowners and arborists are invited to participate in a chainsaw safety seminar with an instructor from the Forest Industry Safety Training Alliance (FISTA). This is a hands-on workshop sponsored by the Kickapoo Woods Cooperative(KWC). Enrollment ... Continued...

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Forestry Extension Specialist/Educator IV, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Position description: Provide leadership in the programmatic and entrepreneurial scope of the Center for Rural Massachusetts (CRM) within the Department of Natural Resources Conservation in conjunction with the Natural Resources & Environmental Conservation Program (NREC). Provide leadership for the... Continued...

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker’s Task Force on Forestry
March 10, 2004 … FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Representative Donald Friske 608-266–7694, Rep.Friske@legis.state.wi.us Task Force Releases Forest Assessment: Panel Cites Plan Enforcement Failures, Lack of Management Authority Madison … A task force established by Asse... Continued...

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Willows Could Be Third Crop In Minnesota
Source: Agri News 2/10/04 Farmers near Waseca, Minnesota could soon be growing willows as a third crop, according to a February 10, 2004 Agri News story. NGP Power wants to build a 35-megawatt closed loop biomass power plant in Waseca, with construction starting as soon as this fall and op... Continued...

Tuesday, March 9, 2004

MN DNR to pursue forest land certification
The Ely Echo March 8, 2004 The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has announced that it has begun the process to secure certification of its forest lands by the end of 2005. Forest certification, little known five years ago, has become the "gold standard" for private and public organ... Continued...

Monday, March 8, 2004

Loggers want county's oral auctions put on the chopping block
Duluth News Tribune Duluth, MN Saturday, Mar 06, 2004 FORESTS: Two groups hope silent bidding will help keep timber prices down in St. Louis County. BY JANE BRISSETT NEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER People in the woods products business are still buzzing about a St. Louis County timber au... Continued...

Lumbermens to sell certified lumber from Warm Springs
Published: March 5, 2004 Lumbermens, which operates building supply centers in the Northwest, has reached an agreement with Oregon's Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs to buy lumber certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. The first shipment of 185,000 board feet of Douglas Fir framin... Continued...

FSC Launches New Certification Procedures for Small and Low Intensity Managed Forests
FSC International Center has launched its new requirements for small and low intensity managed forests seeking FSC forest certification. These requirements enable eligible forests to be evaluated for FSC certification under a modified set of procedures. With these new procedures, a wider range of la... Continued...

Environmentally friendly state forest management
Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she wants independent auditors to determine whether Michigan oversees its forests in an environmentally friendly way. The state, which owns 4 million acres of forestland, will seek certification of its management practices under two programs developed by environmentalists... Continued...

Friday, March 5, 2004

National Report on Sustainable Forests--2003
March 1, 2004 The Forest Service developed the National Report on Sustainable Forests—2003 in collaboration with other Federal agencies and many stakeholders, most notably through the Roundtable on Sustainable Forests (RSF). The report is an accounting of the current situation on the private and... Continued...