RMEF action alert. "Fix Our Forests Act" 119th Congress H.R.471

[Sytes]

That 20 year old prediction didn't age well.

It IS and was a very unfortunate situation.

It is a constant blow to logging operations. Eco-extreme litigation 2005 put Eureka, Trego, Fortine, et al primary employment resource in the gutter.
Thus, modeled likes of The Nature Conservancy private land thinning approach has established the scientific benefits advancing flora and fauna. A constant logging resource of renewable timber.

 

[BuzzH]

Its almost as if accelerated cutting on both private and federal lands with 100+ year old stand rotations is a thing?

Well and competing with southern tree plantations that are essentially row crops with about 1/3 to 1/2 the rotation ages.

 

[BigHornRam]

Its almost as if accelerated cutting on both private and federal lands with 100+ year old stand rotations is a thing?

Well and competing with southern tree plantations that are essentially row crops with about 1/3 to 1/2 the rotation ages.

Stoltze lumber is hanging in there inspite of it all. Diversified with a co-gen plant and private forest stewardship work.

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Co-Generation Plant | fhstoltze

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[Nameless Range]

At the Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation the other day Dr. Peter Kolb, a PHD in forestry gave a presentation the other day. It's about an hour long, and Dr. Kolb definitely believes in more management (harvest,fuels reduction) on the landscape, but I found it to be fascinating and informative. He speaks to the history of fire on the landscape pre-white man, and goes from there into forest health, particularly today's in relation to fire, and how today's fires leave uniform (often lodgepole) forests in their wake and how we might add more diverse stands and such to the landscape.

Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation

Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation - Video

sg001-harmony.sliq.net

For anyone interested, his presentation starts around 10:15:49

 

[BigHornRam]

At the Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation the other day Dr. Peter Kolb, a PHD in forestry gave a presentation the other day. It's about an hour long, and Dr. Kolb definitely believes in more management (harvest,fuels reduction) on the landscape, but I found it to be fascinating and informative. He speaks to the history of fire on the landscape pre-white man, and goes from there into forest health, particularly today's in relation to fire, and how today's fires leave uniform (often lodgepole) forests in their wake and how we might add more diverse stands and such to the landscape.

Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation

Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation - Video

sg001-harmony.sliq.net

For anyone interested, his presentation starts around 10:15:49

Peter knows his stuff. I've spent numerous hours absorbing his lifetime knowledge around forestry. Many MSU extension forestry video's available on YouTube.

5 part short course well worth your time if you are interested in learning about Rocky Mountain forests.

 

[gonhunting247]

Its almost as if accelerated cutting on both private and federal lands with 100+ year old stand rotations is a thing?

Well and competing with southern tree plantations that are essentially row crops with about 1/3 to 1/2 the rotation ages.

I hear you, but stand rotations here are closer to 60-80 on the private timberland it seems. Basically no logging on FS for many years now. We are lucky to live in a county that actually has fairly large timber holdings too, so even though what used to be a booming timber industry is gone, we still support two local mills. My experience is pretty localized though!

 

[Sytes]

Its almost as if accelerated cutting on both private and federal lands with 100+ year old stand rotations is a thing?

Well and competing with southern tree plantations that are essentially row crops with about 1/3 to 1/2 the rotation ages.

An adapting economy towards timber contracts/sales due to the past (and present) eco-litigation of FS timber contracts catching up with the times, imo.

GAO reported a 10% drop in U.S. Forest Service timber sales since 2014. Two part GAO review. Dec 2024 release.

 

[WesternCO68]

Things have been broken for a long time. In some areas, like much of the Pacific Northwest, the forest management that we need is not getting done because of legal and political pressure. In others, like the Black Hills, things have been over harvested because of political pressure. NEPA isn’t a horrible law in and of itself, but it has become an all-consuming thing that requires an army of specialist just to ensure compliance.

I absolutely want things to be made more efficient. My fear is that if it gets easier to implement projects, there will be a ramp up in pressure to cut down trees in areas where it isn’t ecologically sound or sustainable.

 

[Straight Arrow]

Devastation of most recent large fires confirms the priority of focus on the urban-wildlands interface. Not always easy or efficient, but IMO the emphasis on timber extraction should coincide with that priority and should be ramped up.

 

[BigHornRam]

At the Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation the other day Dr. Peter Kolb, a PHD in forestry gave a presentation the other day. It's about an hour long, and Dr. Kolb definitely believes in more management (harvest,fuels reduction) on the landscape, but I found it to be fascinating and informative. He speaks to the history of fire on the landscape pre-white man, and goes from there into forest health, particularly today's in relation to fire, and how today's fires leave uniform (often lodgepole) forests in their wake and how we might add more diverse stands and such to the landscape.

Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation

Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation - Video

sg001-harmony.sliq.net

For anyone interested, his presentation starts around 10:15:49

Wow! Peter was pouring out information through a fire hose in that presentation.