Forests

September 18, 2012 to September 20, 2012

Climate Change Adaptation Forum Focusing on Food Security and Traditional Plant Use [1]

This forum is for community‐level practitioners, academics, government representatives and community leaders who work in the area of climate change adaptation in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities in Canada and Tribes in the United States.

Other Events [2]

Visibility:

Public [3]

Topics on the Beat:

Technology [4]

Science [5]

Policy [6]

Planning & Growth [7]

Natural Resources [8]

Health [9]

Government [10]

Forests [11]

Food [12]

Fish & Fisheries [13]

Environmental Health [14]

Disasters [15]

Climate Change [16]

Biodiversity [17]

Agriculture [18]

Region:

Canada [19]

"Crews Battle Dozens of Wildfires Across West" [20]

"FEATHERVILLE, Idaho (AP) — Across the West, dozens of fires fueled by searing heat, dry weather and strong winds have added up to misery for weary residents who already are fed up with one of the region's worst fire seasons in decades."

Disasters [15]

Forests [11]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [21]

Source: AP [22], 08/16/2012

Read more about "Crews Battle Dozens of Wildfires Across West" [20]

"Oregonians Fear Harmful Effects From Timberland Herbicides" [23]

Rural residents near forest tracts in Oregon have tested positive for 2,4-D (an ingredient in Agent Orange) and atrazine in their urine -- and they think timber companies are to blame.

"BLACHLY, Ore. -- Six years ago, Eron King, an artist and young mother, moved from the edge of Eugene to a creekside plot of forest valley so her two boys could grow up raising hens and Toggenburg goats.

Chemicals [24]

Environmental Health [14]

Forests [11]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [21]

Source: Ctr for Investigative Reporting [25], 08/15/2012

Read more about "Oregonians Fear Harmful Effects From Timberland Herbicides" [23]

"Wildfire Destroys 60 Homes, Burns 20,000 Acres in Washington" [26]

"Firefighters battled wildfires across the U.S. West on Tuesday, including a massive out-of-control blaze that has destroyed 60 homes and burned more than 20,000 acres between two national forests in Washington state."

Disasters [15]

Forests [11]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [21]

Source: Reuters [27], 08/15/2012

Read more about "Wildfire Destroys 60 Homes, Burns 20,000 Acres in Washington" [26]

"Western Wildfires Force Evacuations, Firefighter Killed" [28]

"Hundreds of firefighters battled a pair of wildfires that burned out of control in Northern California for a second day on Monday, threatening a clothing-optional resort and forcing the evacuation of some 500 homes. Meanwhile, authorities said a U.S. Forest Service firefighter was killed in Idaho while battling a blaze there."

Disasters [15]

Forests [11]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [21]

Source: Reuters [29], 08/14/2012

Read more about "Western Wildfires Force Evacuations, Firefighter Killed" [28]

USFS Reverses Policy, Fights Every Fire This Year -- But at What Cost? [30]

"The [US Forest Service] abandons a long-held policy to let nature take its course on public wilderness lands. The long-term effects will be costly."

Forests [11]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [21]

Source: onearth [31], 08/09/2012

Read more about USFS Reverses Policy, Fights Every Fire This Year -- But at What Cost? [30]

September 10, 2012 to September 13, 2012

2012 LTER All Scientists Meeting [32]

The Nation's largest ecological research network will hold its triennial meeting at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado.

Professional Meetings [33]

Visibility:

Public [3]

Topics on the Beat:

Wildlife [34]

Water & Oceans [35]

Technology [4]

Science [5]

Pollution [36]

Policy [6]

Planning & Growth [7]

Natural Resources [8]

Forests [11]

Food [12]

Fish & Fisheries [13]

Environmental Studies [37]

Environmental Politics [38]

Environmental Health [14]

Energy & Fuel [39]

Disasters [15]

Climate Change [16]

Biodiversity [17]

Air [40]

Agriculture [18]

Region:

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]

National (U.S.) [21]

"Seasonal Firefighters Win Battle for Government Health Insurance" [42]

"For the first time, more than 8,000 temporary wilderness firefighters -- the men and women who battle some of the nation's most devastating fires -- will be eligible to receive federal health insurance, the White House said Tuesday."

Health [9]

Forests [11]

Disasters [15]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [21]

Source: LA Times [43], 07/19/2012

Read more about "Seasonal Firefighters Win Battle for Government Health Insurance" [42]

US, Lumber Giant Sierra Pacific Reach Settlement Over Calif. Wildfire [44]

"SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Predictably, the clash of the titans ended loudly Tuesday. With the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento and lumber giant Sierra Pacific Industries Inc. trotting out competing versions of a settlement's meaning, their epic legal match over who started the Moonlight fire and who should pay for the damages is closed."

Disasters [15]

Forests [11]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [21]

Source: McClatchy [45], 07/18/2012

Read more about US, Lumber Giant Sierra Pacific Reach Settlement Over Calif. Wildfire [44]

"Ravaged By Fires, Western Ranchers Face 'Scary' Summer" [46]

"It took less than an hour last month for a Montana wildfire to reduce Scott McRae's ranch to thousands of blackened acres devoid of the grasses that were to sustain hundreds of cattle."

Disasters [15]

Forests [11]

Natural Resources [8]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [21]

Source: Reuters [47], 07/16/2012

Read more about "Ravaged By Fires, Western Ranchers Face 'Scary' Summer" [46]

Climate Change Adaptation Forum Focusing on Food Security and Traditional Plant Use [1]

2012 LTER All Scientists Meeting [32]

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