The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon spread across 400,000 acres, burning in a mosaic pattern of burned, lightly burned and unburned areas. Photo George Wuerthner As another summer of large […]
Industrial Forestry Paradigm Threat to North Bridger Range
The North Bridger Timber Sale is removing old growth forests to “promote” forest health. Photo George Wuerthner After reading the article in the October 7th Bozeman Daily Chronicle titled “Timber […]
Response to Timber Industry Comments
Clearcut in the Ten Mile Drainage near Helena, Montana. Photo George Wuerthner In a recent editorial in the Helena IR, an employee of RY Timber presented misleading commentary in his […]
North Bridger Forest Health Project: A Timber Sale Scam
The northern end of the Bridger Range is proposed as wilderness by some organizations like the Gallatin Yellowstone Wilderness Alliance. Photo George Wuerthner I recently visited the North Bridger Timber […]
Good Fire/ Bad Fire False Paradigm
Active forest management on private timberland just west of Chester, CA which was overrun by the Dixie Fire. Photo George Wuerthner There has been a spate of pronouncements from politicians […]
Thinning Nuance
Thinning is often justified on the assumption that reducing “fuels” will slow or stop large blazes, but there is more nuance to the issue than just fuels. Photo George […]
Thinning or Clearcut?
One hears continuously that the Forest Service doesn’t clearcut anymore. Of course, what constitutes a clearcut is subject to interpretation. The following photos are all taken on the Deschutes NF […]
What is Forest Health?
The North Bridger Range is a proposed wilderness. Photo George Wuerthner In an article in the Bozeman Chronicle about the North Bridger Timber sale, the Forest Service justifies logging the […]