A sustainable forest is only made possible by the cooperation of multiple stakeholders. That’s why forestry students at the University of Idaho are exposed to a broad range of perspectives on forest practices — an environment where students must come together to create solutions despite differences of opinion. Healthy Forest Healthy Communities joins We the…
Healthy Forest Healthy Communities joins We the Forest for a film profile on Malcolm North, the Affiliate Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of California, Davis, Research Forest Ecologist at the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station. With 35 years of research in the field, North has primarily focused on trying to understand how…
This piece by Melvin Thornton was originally published in a print edition of the Eugene Register-Guard I spent my career fighting fires in western Oregon. But you don’t have to be a professional firefighter to see the growing threat of wildfire to human lives, property and our environment. I am concerned the massive accumulation of…
In the wake of the bombshell 60 Minutes report on California’s Caldor Fire and the fate of Grizzly Flats, Americans want to know what the federal government is doing to reduce the risks of wildfire, as well as to contain fires before they burn out of control. While the 60 Minutes report focused on an…