#forest management

[nemfrog]

Rabbit issues. North American fauna. 1908. Fort Simpson, NWT, Canada.

To guard against the loss of spruce trees resulting from rabbit eating habits (below), foresters set traps against the rodents (above).

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[medievalistsnet]

How Medieval Normandy Managed Its Forests

Forests were at the heart of medieval life, supplying everything from fuel and building materials to grazing land and industrial resources. Danny Lake-Giguère examines how rulers in Normandy developed increasingly sophisticated systems to regulate, protect, and profit from these vital landscapes.

Read here

[whatkindofsoupp]

The United States government is genuinely spraying cancer causing pesticides on public land right now to kill native plants for the logging industry

[scottysystembuster]

WHY Is America The Biggest Lumber Importer In The World? | Mike Albrecht...

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe- I’ve made no secret of the absurdity (and the hypocrisy, in my opinion) of opposing fossil fuel production in this country, while supporting the policies that require us to import fossil fuels from other places. In fact, I’ve described those policies the height of duplicity, and I still stand by that, mostly. I say mostly, because I’ve just learned that we do the exact same thing with lumber. Our reliance on wood is extraordinary, and we’re blessed to live in a country with over 800 million acres of forest. That’s literally a third of America, covered in trees. Unfortunately, we act as if forest land and timber reserves are in short supply. In fact, we import more wood products than any other nation. What the hell is wrong with us? Why are we letting our forests burn and rot at record levels? Why aren’t we instead, harvesting the timber we so desperately need, and exporting the surplus? Why are we not “wood independent"?

[some-sort-of-ecologist]

Some of the natural resources groups in Alberta have put together a really neat free docuseries about Alberta wildfires - a very cool look at our shifting landscape dynamics and how forests and fires interact. I've only watched the first two episodes but I'm really liking it so far.

[us-enviro-comments]

Protect Our National Forests from Unregulated Logging (UPDATED 6/24) ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates June 24, 2025: Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that the administration will be rescinding the Roadless Area Co

June 24, 2025: Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that the administration will be rescinding the Roadless Area Conservation Rule to open up 59 million acres of national forestry to increased logging. Development of these long-protected public lands will invite wildfires and put habitats, biodiversity, and drinking water quality at risk.

April 6, 2025: Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins issued a new directive that establishes an “Emergency Situation Determination” to fast-track timber production on 113 million acres of national forestry—roughly half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service—by removing National Environmental Policy Act regulations.

The Trump administration has issued an executive order that directs the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service to act quickly to increase domestic timber production across 280 million acres of national forests and public lands under their collective management. The order also instructs agencies to bypass environmental laws and regulations that are meant to ensure that all use of public lands, including logging, are done sustainably.

Appropriate forest management is crucial for wildfire prevention, clean water and air, carbon capture, and wildlife, including the preservation of endangered species. The Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act both require a careful and good faith effort to consider the environmental impact of forest projects, even in the context of an emergency.

This unregulated expansion of logging not only risks the longterm viability of our public lands, but allowing it to proceed without adequately assessing its impact on air quality, water quality, and wildfire risk also compromises public safety. Congress must hold the Trump administration accountable to current environmental law and oppose this effort to undermine the protections that work to preserve our public lands and the safety of every American.

Script and contact info for congressional reps at the link.

[aisling-saoirse]

Brief Notes on Forest Management: Alianthus aka Tree of Heaven

NJ foresters have a unique way of killing the extremely invasive tree-of-heaven: using the newly arrived invasive spotted lattern fly. An unlikely ally for killing its alien host plant

How it works: Forester Identitfy the largest Aliathus individuals (nearly unkillable even with herbacide) in a forest and leave them in isolated pockets. All smaller trees are treated with the general herbacide method. Having less options Latternflies flock to the large Individuals and basically consume the tree to death. Stressed trees generally die off in 2-3 years and all thats left is treating their seed bank (easier).

[thedivinemissema]