"Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service."
https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-administration-orders

"They’re shuttering every single one of the ten regional offices that have governed this agency since Gifford Pinchot built the system over a century ago — and with them, the career professionals who spent entire lifetimes earning the expertise and the authority to push back when politicians came calling with bad ideas and worse motives. They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees called 'state directors,' embedded in state capitals alongside the very governors, legislators, and industry lobbyists who have spent their careers demanding that the Forest Service log more, protect less, and get out of the way."

#DefendResearch #Environment #Forests #Forestry #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable
Lots of regrowth, lots more fire

"Regrowth does indeed burn more intensely than mature forests. Some experts suggested forests regrowing from logging were a key factor in the huge area burned during the notorious 2019–20 fire season, though others have disputed this."

"Recent research has shown commercial thinning of regrowth in Tasmania doesn’t reduce the risk of fire, because bark, limbs and smashed trunks left after logging act as fuel." >>
https://theconversation.com/we-have-the-proof-that-logging-makes-tasmanias-forests-more-flammable-279103

Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4d62
#bushfires #loggingimpacts #FCNSW #forests #WetEucalyptus #forestry #thinning #NSWlogging #BellingenLogging #harm

CBC: B.C. gov't proposes legislative changes to increase wood fibre supply - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-government-wood-fibre-supply-9.7148092

#BCNDP government plans to open areas currently not available for #timber license to loggers & contractors "while strengthening partnerships with First Nations."

Given recent and historic actions on these files by this government, this appears dubious to me.

#Indigenous #IFN #FirstNations #BC #Canada #BCPoli #forestry

CALFIRE: CALIFORNIA INVITES PUBLIC INPUT ON STATEWIDE URBAN FOREST CANOPY PLAN

New strategic plan to expand urban tree canopy 10 percent by 2035

"...Sacramento – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)’s Urban and Community Forestry Program is inviting residents, local governments, nonprofits, and other partners across California to participate in upcoming public comment opportunities for Greening the Golden State: Urban Forest Canopy Plan for California — a strategic plan to expand urban tree canopy 10 percent by 2035....The public comment process includes opportunities to review draft concepts and provide feedback through an online engagement platform. Input gathered during this process will directly inform the development of the final plan. The public comment session will close at 5:00 PM PST on April 30, 2026. Community members can learn more about the plan, view materials, and submit comments here. "

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/74741b4e64024df898c6b254ca226099/page/Homepage

#trees #climate #climateemergency #california #forestry

Deer debarking service.

Unfortunately they don't debark the trees I want them to debark and instead peel the juicy young trees.

#Tree #Deer #Damage #Bark #Homestead #Forestry