National Forests

ESA: From the bright green soy field to the rolling blacktop?this land was made for you and me

What is the typical landscape of the United States? Jeffrey Cardille, of the University of Montreal wondered the same thing. He may be in Montreal now, but he’s from the US of A, and a big Woody Guthrie fan. Guthrie, in his alternative national anthem “This Land is Your Land” invoked the “redwood forests,” the “gulf stream waters” and so on. But could it be that the archetypal US landscape these days is rather a cornfield or a brand new subdivision? To find out, Cardille used an a...

Eastern NC wildfire nearly out; firefighters leave

A wildfire that has burned more than 62 square miles of eastern North Carolina forests and fields is nearly extinguished and firefighters are wrapping up operations, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Congo Basin passes 1 million ha milestone in swing to sustainable forestry

Yaoundé, Cameroon - WWF today announced that more than one million hectares of Congo Basin forests have achieved certification under the world’s leading sustainable forestry scheme. The world’s second largest block of rainforests, the Congo Basin is a haven for indigenous peoples and endangered species like elephants and gorillas. It is also important in sequestering carbon and safeguarding water supply and quality. “With rampant illegal logging, vague logging concession boundaries and ma...

Firefighters continue to battle Telegraph blaze

Video from the Mariposa fire. Telegraph fire photo gallery. Updates from Cal Fire. Thousands of firefighters have descended on forests skirting Yosemite National Park to contain a 26,000-acre fire that continues to threaten thousands of homes and is marching toward Yosemite, a crown jewel of the country's national park system. Tony Gorham and his sons Tony Jr, center, and Nate wave to friends passing by as fires burn across the Briceburg Mountains along the Merced River in Briceburg near Yosemit...

Firefighters continue to battle Telegraph blaze

Thousands of firefighters have descended on forests skirting Yosemite National Park to contain a 26,000-acre fire that continues to threaten thousands of homes and is marching toward Yosemite, a crown jewel of the country's national park system. Tony Gorham and his sons Tony Jr, center, and Nate wave to friends passing by as fires burn across the Briceburg Mountains along the Merced River in Briceburg near Yosemite National Park on Sunday. Orange County firefighters Tyler Johnson, left, and Mike...

Off-Road Vehicle Appologists Angered Over Smokey Ad

The lengths to which off-road vehicle appologists will go in their frustrated attempt to burnish their tattered public image never ceases to amaze. Off-road vehicles and their riders have been tagged as one of the biggest problems besetting our national forests. The Forest Service was trying to do the off-roaders a favor in having the Ad Council create the cute little public education spot warning ATV riders that their machines can spark forest fires. After all, we're now heading into peak fire...

A Cheap, Natural Way of Cutting Greenhouse Gas

Keeping tropical forests from being cut down isn't cheap, but it's affordable -- and it might be humanity's best short-term climate change solution. In a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of...

Forests and water -- it's surprising how little we know

A report out today by the National Academy of Sciences says that there's a surprising amount we don't know about how doing things like cutting down vast swaths of a forested watershed affects the water supply downstream.

Loss of Wolves Causes Major Ecosystem Disruption at Olympic National Park

_uacct = "UA-498166-1"; urchinTracker(); Olympic National Park was created in 1938, in part “to preserve the finest sample of primeval forests in the entire United States” – but a new study at Oregon State University suggests that this preservation goal has failed, as a result of the elimination of wolves and subsequent domination [...]

Join bark's efforts organizing and fundraising to preserve the forests,...

Join Bark's efforts organizing and fundraising to preserve the forests, waters and wildlife of Mt. Hood National Forest and surrounding regions. Call Matthew or Guy at 503-331-0374