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After sitting nearly 40 years untouched in a farm field in rural Montana before being refurbished and transported more than 2,000 miles across the country, a last-of-its-kind vintage woodworking machine is finally settled in its permanent home at the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem. The 3-ton, fully restored Greenlee No. 576 Heavy 16-inch Variety Woodworker began its journey .
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Washington Annual Forest Health Highlights Report Illustrates Challenges
Washington’s forests continue to face an array of challenges brought on by an increasingly dry climate and the consequences of past forest management practices, according to the latest Forest Health Highlights report compiled by scientists with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Forest lands endured stressors like ongoing drought conditions and an historic fire season, forcing scientists with the DNR to adapt like never before. Restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic grounded the interagency aerial survey conducted by DNR and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service for the first time since 1947.
Insects and fungus raise concerns in Washington s annual forest health checkup
Dry and dying vegetation can become fuel for fires, and drought brought on by climate change can hurt trees resistance to disease. Author: Glenn Farley Updated: 10:21 PM PDT May 6, 2021
Dry and dying vegetation can become fuel for fires.
Last year, Washington state recorded 1,638 fires, an increase of 243 more fires than the previous year. Late summer also saw the Sumner Grade Fire in Pierce County, which burned homes and threatened others, reminding people that wildfire isn’t just a problem on the typically drier east side of the state.
That fire was part of a rash of 116 fires that broke out on the Labor Day weekend, including the largest of the season at 233,730 acres.