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Forest Service announces relief for timber sales
August 4, 2011 2:53 PM
DENVER (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is offering to renegotiate timber sale contracts in an effort to save sawmills in the Rocky Mountain region that have been hit hard by the recession and stuck with financially nonviable agreements. Acting regional forester Jerome Thomas says the offer will help... more » -
Relief to timber sale purchasers
August 4, 2011 8:37 AM
The U.S. Forest Service says it will offer relief to timber sale purchasers. The Forest Service says Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell will offer an option Thursday to timber sale purchasers designed to provide financial relief to the forest products industry. Colorado Sen. Mark Udall has urged federal... more » -
Beetle-killed trees to be cleared in Colorado
June 10, 2010 8:33 AM
Gov. Bill Ritter has signed a bill expanding the state's energy portfolio to include biomass. The law signed Wednesday encourages the use of woody biomass, which comes from the byproduct of timber killed by the bark beetle. Rep. Christine Scanlan, a Democrat from Silverthorne, says the new law... more »
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