Peeling Back The Bark
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Back to the Future, Part IV: “Where we’re logging, we don’t need roads”
By James Lewis on October 22, 2010The 25th anniversary of the iconic film franchise Back to the Future and the Blu-ray release of the trilogy on October 26 got us thinking about what forestry and logging were supposed to look like today as predicted by the …
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National Forest Products Week: October 17-23, 2010
By Eben Lehman on October 19, 2010This week marks the 50th anniversary of National Forest Products Week, a designation created to recognize the importance of forest products to America’s growth and economic development, as well as the forest industry’s contributions to improved forest management and forest …
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Teddy Roosevelt, “Uncle Remus,” and Supporting the Weeks Act
By James Lewis on October 8, 2010One hundred years ago today, on October 8, 1910, former president Theodore Roosevelt addressed the Southern Conservation Congress in Atlanta, Georgia. Roosevelt was just one of many speakers during the two-day meeting called to "discuss the problems of utilizing to …
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Fire Prevention Week: October 3-9, 2010
By Eben Lehman on October 6, 2010This week (October 3-9, 2010) marks Fire Prevention Week, a designation intended to promote the importance of fire safety and awareness as well as to pay tribute to the nation’s firefighters. Dating back almost a full century, the observance …
