This Earth Day, We Celebrate the Northwest Forest Plan
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On April 22nd, 2015
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Why Our Forests Need Fire, Not Salvage Logging
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On December 13th, 2013
For over two decades, I have studied forests from Oregon's amazing coastal rainforests to the fire-adapted forests of the West. In dry forests, there are three issues that reoccur every fire season: (1) forests will burn regardless of what we do; (2) politicians will propose unchecked post-fire "salvage" logging, even in national parks, as a quick fix; and (3) scientists will continue to document the incredible regeneration that takes place after fires and how post-fire logging disrupts forest renewal.
Recently, I submitted a letter to Sen.
Heavy Logging vs Fires
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On October 22nd, 2013
From the Sacramento Bee
Viewpoints: Fires can be restorative, unlike heavy logging
This year, as in every year, fires are occurring in the forests of the western United States.
Deja Vu in Kiwi-Ancient Forests
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On December 14th, 2011
To the untrained eye, New Zealand forests have a tropical feel somewhat out-of-character in a temperate world.
Historic Temperate Rainforest Agreement Down to the Fine Print
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On August 22nd, 2011
After 30 years of controversy that tore at the social fabric of Tasmania, the federal and Tasmanian governments of Australia finally signed the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement to provide support and funding that will help the timber industry transition out of native-forest logging and will protect the region’s high-conservation-value rainforests. In sum, the government will provide much-needed financial support for workers and contractors to cease logging native forests while it takes legal steps to protect these forests as formal reserves similar to national parks.
Governor Parnell Can’t See the Trees for the Rainforest
By [node:field_contributor] / On July 7th, 2011
Containing about one-third of the world’s coastal old-growth rainforests, the Tongass is the “crown jewel” of the National Forest System. Its pristine rivers produce more salmon than any other place on earth.
Rainforests From 36,000 Feet: Transformed by Humanity’s “Bigfoot”
By [node:field_contributor] / On May 6th, 2011
