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Related Links and Resources.

  • American Forests Big Tree Registry
  • Aspen Center for Environmental Studies.  What’s Happening in our Forest? A very informative and entertaining video. 
  • Associated Oregon Loggers – a very informative website with good information about logging, loggers, and logging equipment.
  • Black Hills Forest Resource Association
  • CSFS, Colorado Forest Road Field Handbook
  • CSFS, Protecting Your Home from Wildfire
  • Choosing a Forestry Contractor and Consultant: This handout from the Colorado State Forest Service discussed factors landowners should consider when selecting a forestry contractor.
  • Colorado Forest Products Program
  • Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
  • Colorado State Forest Service
  • Colorado State Forest Service, Forest Home Fire Safety
  • Colorado State Forest Service Quick Guide: Protecting Your Home from Wildfire: Creating Wildfire-Defensible Zones: This fact sheet will help reduce wildfire risk on individual properties by showing owners the specific actions they can take to address hazards.
  • Colorado 2014 Report on Health of Colorado’s Forests
  • Colorado Timber Industry Association
  • The Dictionary of Forestry. Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD.
  • Evergreen Magazine – Excellent forestry articles and editorials.
  • Federal Forest Resource Coalition
  • Forest History Society
  • Forestryimages.org – The good people at the Bugwood Network and the USDA Forest Service have put together a searchable database of photographs pertaining to forestry.  Here, you’ll find pictures of different tree species, management prescriptions (silviculture), wildlife, forest insects and diseases, and much more.
  • Intermountain Roundwood Association
  • Mike McMurray’s Photography – You’ll find lots of good forestry photos here.
  • Modern Forestry and Climate Change: A white paper from the California Forest Products Commission that explores the link between forest conditions and climate change.
  • Mountain States Legal Foundation
  • Project Learning Tree – PLT is a nationally award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with children ages pre-K through 12th grade.
  • Provider Pals – An innovative environmental education program.
  • Society of American Foresters – SAF represents the science and profession of forestry in the United States.  Their site contains lots of information about forestry as a profession and educational discipline, and Society position statements on current forestry issues.
  • South Dakota Resource Conservation and Forestry
  • South Dakota Forestry Best Management Practices
  • South Dakota Best Management Practices,  2009 Field Audit Report
  • Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc.
  • Treated Wood Council
  • USDA Forest Products Laboratory
  • USDA Forest Service, Region 2, Rocky Mountain Region
  • Wood and Green Building Series: A four part series produced by the Wood Promotion Network that outlines the role of wood as a green building material:
    • Part 1: LEED and the Green Globes: A comparison of two prominent green building standards.
    • Part 2: Home Builder Guidelines: An outline of the National Association of Home Builders Model Green Home.
    • Part 3: The Role of Life Cycle Analysis: A description of Life Cycle Analysis and its role in green building standards.
    • Part 4: Using Wood to Fight Climate Change: An outline of the positive effects of wood in reducing climate change.
  • Wyoming Division of Forestry
  • Wyoming Best Management Practices

 

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Engelmann Spruce Cones. Photo: Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona, Bugwood.org.

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Our Future Forests: Beyond Bark Beetles

mountain-pine-beetle.png “Our Future Forests: Beyond Bark Beetles,” is a 10-part series produced by the U.S. Forest Service and the University of Wyoming Ruckelshaus Institute. The series documents the effects of the mountain pine beetle epidemic, the response to the outbreak, and looks forward to recovery, and "the next forest." All filming was done in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests. Video topics include mountain pine beetle biology, recreation, fire, watershed, volunteers, elk, timber and regeneration. To view the series, click here.

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Intermountain Forest Association
2218 Jackson Blvd., #10
Rapid City, SD 57702

(P) 605.341.0875
(F) 605.341.8651

Ben Wudtke, Executive Director
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Molly Pitts, Forest Programs Manager
coloradopitts@gmail.com

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445 Milford Street
Salida, Colorado  81201
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