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PERC Enviropreneur wins support for her possum project
By Linda Platts In the summer of 2007, Teresa Platt spent two weeks at PERC’s Enviropreneur Camp sharpening his buisness skills and honing her plans for a commercial project based on the over-abundance of brushtail possums in New Zealand. According to Platt’s project proposal, the possum was introduced to New Zealand by European settlers inContinue reading “PERC Enviropreneur wins support for her possum project”
Fire in the National Forest System
Federal fire management goes local
Forestry, biofuels and the oil crisis
Excess forest fuels could launch a viable wood biofuel industry
100 Years of Experimental Forests
Experimentation offers hope for future forest health
Living on the Edge
The Forest Service cannot take responsibility for its neighbors
Yellowstone Fires of ’88
Fires of 1988 serve as a wake-up call for better forest management
Firefighting costs escalate
Salt Lake Tribune March 1, 2008 By Alison Berry Just before dawn last week, a red ball of fire streaked across Northwestern skies and exploded midair. The spectacular meteor sent residents in several states running for their phones to report possible forest fires. Although the land is still blanketed in snow with temperatures below freezing,Continue reading “Firefighting costs escalate”
Forest Policy Up in Smoke:
DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT September 2007 By Alison Berry Abstract Forests evolved over millennia in the presence of fire, a vital ecological processfire returns nutrients to the soil and helps seedlings establish. In 1911 the United States Forest Service began to suppress all fires on American forests, resulting in dangerous accumulations of fuels. Conflagrations ofContinue reading “Forest Policy Up in Smoke:”
Bisonomics
You’ve heard of Freakonomics — but what about Bisonomics? With their future now in the hands of eco-ranchers and market-minded preserves, the outlook for bison is promising.