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04/24/2024

🔥 Canada's logging industry is seeking a wildfire 'hero' narrative. A Closer Look 🔥

Canada's logging industry is pitching itself as the solution to wildfires in British Columbia. At the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) convention, executives discussed how forestry companies could lead wildfire management by reducing forest fuels through increased logging.

But is this the right approach? Scientists are divided. Some suggest that logging might help, while others warn that it could make wildfires worse. It's a complex issue with environmental implications.

Explore the science behind this debate and share your thoughts. Can logging companies be part of the solution, or do we need a different approach? Read the full story to learn more🌲

B.C. and Canadian forestry associations aim to tell a story that places them as the 'hero' in a fight against wildfires. One critic says the strategy is 'mendacious and dangerous.'

09/11/2023

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/09/08/its-time-to-protect-the-northern-rockies/

08/21/2023

Fully 20% of Britain’s land surface is thought to host the right kind of climate for temperate rainforest, and yet a mere 1% is still covered by this luxuriant habitat. Domick Dellasala, Wild Heritage’s Chief Scientist, on logging young growth trees: “… we really need to scale up the level of protection and restoration in these areas, otherwise we have so much to lose.”

When threatened rainforests come up in the news, the reference is usually to tropical locations. Yet temperate rainforests also deliver rich benefits to the planet.

07/27/2023

U.S. Forest Service awarded grants this summer that could revitalize the logging industry in the Tongass National Forest. Dellasala, Wild Heritage’s Chief Scientist, on logging young growth trees: “… we need timber and we can be smarter about where we get it from, how we do it.”

The U.S. Forest Service awarded grants this summer that could help revitalize the logging industry in the Tongass National Forest. Two businesses in Southeast have received hundreds of thousands of dollars to re-tool their mills. Those grants could help tackle housing shortages in local communities.

07/11/2023

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-links-tree-genetics-biodiversity-patterns.html

07/11/2023

https://westernpriorities.org/2023/06/whats-going-on-with-old-growth-forests/

07/11/2023

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-old-growth-forest-service_n_64938b63e4b02f808ab3632f

07/11/2023

https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-forest-thinning-community-risk-biden-9d77309cb9e7520069b3c575d850aadc

07/11/2023

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-plans-new-forest-protections-issues-growth-inventory-98717681

07/11/2023

Dr. Dominick DellaSalla, chief scientist at Wild Heritage, and Dr. Richard Birdsey at Woodwell Climate Research Center comprehensively review what they find and do not find in the inventory.

https://www.ijpr.org/show/the-jefferson-exchange/2023-05-17/thu-9-am-experts-on-old-growth-forests-review-the-federal-inventory-of-older-forests

Old-growth forest experts Dominick DellaSala and Richard Birdseye weigh in on first-ever federal inventory of old growth and mature forests

07/11/2023

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05032023/kentucky-old-trees-young-forest-carbon-storage/

07/11/2023

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/01/05/biden-admin-may-boost-carbon-storage-in-national-forests-00076546

In the latest update to proposed regulations, the Forest Service said it's weighing a new measure to allow for underground carbon storage on land it manages.