Forest Management, Mill Closures and Our Economy
Dr. Thomas Bonnicksen earned a B.S. in forestry (with minors in wildlife and range management), an M.S. in forest ecology, and Ph.D. in forest policy from the University of California-Berkeley. He is Professor Emeritus of forest science and a former Department Head at Texas A&M University and Research Scholar…
Statistical Data on Region 5 Forests
Percent of target log-volume goal sold by USDA Forest Service, Stanislaus National Forest, 2008…32
Percent of target log-volume goal sold by USDA Forest Service, Eldorado National Forest, 2008…74
Percent of target log-volume goal achieved by USDA Forest Service, statewide 2008…54
Average annual log-volume delivered from Stanislaus National Forest, 1980-1990…132 mmbf
Average annual log-volume delivered from Stanislaus National Forest, 1998 [...]
National Forest Timber Management
Timber harvesting from National Forest land, the single largest timberland holding in the nation, has decreased by some 80% over the past two decades. The impacts of this decline have been far-reaching and well documented. Insect epidemics, fire hazard, fire frequency, and fire control expenditures…
Gross Growth, Mortality and Net Growth
Gross Growth, Mortality and Net Growth by Forest, California Region
(Data Source: www.fs.fed.us/r5/rsl/publications/westcore/ & 2007 cut and sold reports)
(Data from growing stock on available, productive forestland)
by Steve Brink, 11/12/2007
A Must Read for All Californians
“Impacts of California Wildfires on Climate and Forests,” a study by Dr. Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Professor Emeritus of Forest Science at Texas A&M University, released recently chronicles how California wildfires from 2001 to 2007 seriously degraded the forests…
TuCARE comments on Travel Management Draft EIS (TMDIES)
After reviewing the Travel Management Draft Environmental Impacts Statement (TMDIES) TuCARE offers the following comments in order to assist in making the appropriate decision that will benefit local stakeholders and at the same time provide for the long term health and vitality of forest resources.
Road Maintenance:
Over the past decade there has been a dramatic decline [...]
Junk Science
Recently, John Buckley and others chose to try and discredit TuCARE because our Natural Resource Summit keynote speaker, Myron Ebell, criticized some of the science behind the global warming debate. Mr. Ebell did call some of the science “junk.” This term refers to inaccurate science that has been…
Forest Water Coalition
Be a part of a forward looking effort to educate water users regarding the source of their water: The Sierra Nevada Forested Watersheds! If you live in the Sierras, you need to join with us. If you love the Sierras and You love clean, abundant water, you need to join with us. Make Healthy Watersheds a Priority — Join Us!
