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…

Impacts of California Wildfires on Climate and Forests

A raging wildfire can burn out of control for a long period of time, but eventually it will be extinguished. However, the effects of that wildfire can linger for years and be a prime contributor to global warming. A study by Dr. Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Professor Emeritus of Forest Science at Texas A&M University…

Presidents Message September 2009

As I see it, on a scale of 1 to 10, uncommon nonsense is at a 12. Let’s review our current situation. Locally, SPI has closed the Standard sawmill, and the Chinese Camp mill is running part time because it is about out of cedar logs. Our county is preparing to lose over 500 jobs…