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Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days agoAfter exile, California tribes could help run their ancestral redwoods again
A bill would end logging mandates in California’s demonstration forests, prioritize carbon storage, wildfire resilience, biodiversity, and expand tribal co-management using Indigenous knowledge.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months agoIf the giant sequoia is dying out, why are there tens of thousands of seedlings and saplings?
The new trees number in the thousands - at least 4,000 per acre or as many as 20,000, depending on who is counting. A few rise above head-height, the most energetic sentinels of regeneration. What will become of this nursery in the wild in the next hundred years, or thousand, is the crux of a scientific and policy dispute.
Environment
Environment
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
5 months agoSourcing sustainable lumber: Building a greener future - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
Sourcing sustainably harvested lumber is essential to protect forests, reduce carbon emissions, and support long-term responsible forest management.
Canada news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 months agoQuebec's disastrous forest reform bill was killed, but the threat remains
Quebec's proposed Bill 97 prioritized large-scale industrial logging over environmental protection and Indigenous rights, prompting broad Indigenous and civil opposition and eventual abandonment.
fromHigh Country News
7 months agoShutdown causes 'confusion' across the Forest Service - High Country News
Prescribed burns are an important tool to burn excess vegetation, keep landscapes healthy and reduce the risk of destructive wildfires. But starting last week, some Forest Service staff were told not to conduct burns in preparation for a potential shutdown. "We were told, 'No ignitions,'" said a Forest Service fire management officer, who didn't want to be named for fear of losing his job. "'Don't even start.'"
Miscellaneous
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
8 months agoPrivate land used for logging is more prone to severe fire than public lands. A new study shows why
Private Sierra Nevada timber lands burn at higher severity than public National Forests because dense, evenly spaced plantation-style tree stands promote extreme fire behavior.
SF politics
fromLos Angeles Times
10 months agoTrump administration rescinds 'Roadless Rule' that protects 58 million acres of national forests
USDA plans to rescind the 2001 'Roadless Rule,' impacting 58.5 million acres of national forestland.
This decision aims to promote resource management but faces backlash from environmental groups.
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