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Forest Service Research Indicates Yellow-Cedar and Other Trees in Alaska Hold Biomass and Carbon

January 20, 2012 Robert H. Westover, US Forest Service Office of Communication

Tall and majestic, yellow-cedar is a culturally and economically valuable tree that has been dying off on more than a half-million acres for the past 100 years in southeast Alaska and nearby British Columbia. In fact, yellow-cedar decline is now viewed as one of the best documented examples of the...

Forestry

Oregon Resident Honored as Forest Service Regional Volunteer of the Year

January 20, 2012 Keith Riggs, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

The Northwest Region of the Forest Service has named Joel Starr of Philomath, Ore., as their volunteer of the year. The honor is bestowed upon those individuals who contribute outstanding service to public lands. Starr has worked on a variety of volunteer projects for the Willamette, Deschutes...

Forestry