By Sharon Villegas, on April 27th, 2012
Courtesy of the Town of Eagar
Bill Greenwood, the former Town Manager for Eagar, was recently hired as the new Executive Director for Northern Arizona Wood Products Association. Greenwood, who has been the town manager since 1991, began his new role with NAWPA on March 1. “I enjoyed my position as Town Manager for Eagar these . . . → Read More: A former Town Manager makes the move to help the wood industry in the White Mountains
By Sharon Villegas, on March 22nd, 2012
The SmallWood 2012 conference held May 1-3, 2012, in Flagstaff, Arizona, is about finding technical and economical solutions to the everyday challenges in your woody biomass operation.
WEBWIRE – Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Forest Restoration for a New Economy
The SmallWood 2012 conference being held May 1-3, 2012, in Flagstaff, Arizona, is about finding technical and economical solutions to the everyday challenges in your woody . . . → Read More: SmallWood 2012 Conference: Forest Restoration for a New Economy
By Sharon Villegas, on February 17th, 2012
White Mountain Forest Restoration Partnership and National Forest Foundation Donation Campaign Poster
The Wallow Fire, largest wildfire in Arizona’s history, raged through the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest last June charring more than a half million acres of precious woodlands. Now, the matchstick-like logs reaching to the sky are vivid reminders of the devastation and a forest forever . . . → Read More: Just $1 can change the future of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
By Sharon Villegas, on October 12th, 2011
Jim Pitts, a Forest Service specialist, surveyed the devastation wrought by the Wallow Fire in eastern Arizona this year. Nearly a half-million acres burned.
Article from: New York Times
Jim Pitts stood on a Forest Service road near the Arizona town of Nutrioso and surveyed the damage in the valley below. It was July, and only a . . . → Read More: Chopping Down Trees to Save Forests
By Sharon Villegas, on August 22nd, 2011
While monsoon rains have reduced the fire danger in the high country, folks in the White Mountains are dealing with flooding in the wake of the huge Wallow Fire. NAU ecologist Dr. Wally Covington calls it the one-two punch of unnatural crown fires. Meantime, the rumble of thunder is striking terror in the hearts of Greer . . . → Read More: The devastation continues in the White Mountains with major flood events on the Wallow Fire burned areas.
By Sharon Villegas, on July 26th, 2011
Courtesy of Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
Flash flooding occurred this past Sunday afternoon in southern Apache County affecting the communities of Alpine, and Nutrioso, AZ and within the burned area of the Wallow Fire.
Flash flooding occurred in Alpine, Tal Wi Wi, and Nutrioso and the Apache National Forest closing Hwy 180 between Alpine and the Alpine divide . . . → Read More: Just when we thought the wallow fire devastation was over, the floods begin.
By Rob Davis - Partner, Future Forest and Patrick Graham - AZ State Dir., The Nature Conservancy, on July 6th, 2011
Alpine, AZ / Wallow fire into treated area
As the smoke clears on Arizona’s largest wildfire in history, the Wallow fire, many are left wondering if this catastrophic wildfire could have been prevented or at least better controlled. Some of the breathtaking scenery has been changed and will never be the same in our lifetime. Valuable . . . → Read More: Industry and environmentalists stand together to make a plea to congress: Help save our forests.
By Sharon Villegas, on July 5th, 2011
Efforts aim to reduce catastrophic wildfires – A recent opinion article in the Arizona Republic, written by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. Read Full . . . → Read More: U.S. focuses on healthier forests
By Sharon Villegas, on June 27th, 2011
Future Forest & The Nature Conservancy recently sat down with FOX 10 News in Phoenix to discuss the Wallow Fire and the need for forest restoration. Take a look. Newsmaker . . . → Read More: Industry & environmentalists shoulder to shoulder on forest restoration
By Sharon Villegas, on June 26th, 2011
Newsmaker Sunday on Fox 10 talks with our own Rob Davis from Future Forest, and Patrick Graham, director of the Nature Conservancy on forest restoration and the need to thin our forests to more natural levels to protect our forests and our communities.
Newsmaker Sunday: To Thin or Not to Thin?: . . . → Read More: Forest treatment. To thin or not to thin.
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