I tried to ignore David Birnbaum’s letter in the April 4 opinion page, “How to consider what is best for forests." Surely readers would see the misinformation masquerading as “scientific
Coconino County has aggressively been thinning its forests to try to reduce the amount of overgrowth that leads to violent fires like those last year that burned more than 30 homes and 80 square miles. But current thinning practices don’t create desirable logs with any real use. So it’s trying out different technologies to eliminate a growing problem ahead of any new fires.
Can a state have an official aroma? That topic will on attendees minds when the annual New Mexico Chile Conference is held in Las Cruces today. The one-day conference will feature nearly 20 different speakers and presentations. Stephanie Walker, New Mexico State University professor and conference chair said because the chile pepper is New Mexico s signature crop, it is near and dear to everyone s heart. .
By Lisa Held for Civil Eats. Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for Big Sky Connection, reporting for Civil Eats/Solutions Journalism/Public News Service Collaboration. On the day the Tigercat carbonator - a machine that looks like a giant metal dumpster mounted on Snowcat-style treads - arrived in western Montana from Oregon, Michael Schaedel set to work navigating "a colossus" over narrow, rolling forest roads. .