Landscape Study May Offer Solutions For Fire Managers Jul 28, 2008
The Gotchen LSR, lies on the east slope of the Cascade Range in Washington, and covers about 15,000 acres of the Mount Adams Ranger District on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest ... Collaborators on the study include: James Agee, emeritus, University of Washington; Jamie Barbour, Paul Hessburg, John Lehmkuhl, PNW Research Station; Gifford Pinchot NF, Mount Adams Ranger District staff; Forest Management Service Center, Fort Collins, CO.. (Science Daily)
Letters to the Editor Jul 16, 2008
Environmental extremists have discounted the guiding principles of conservationist Gifford Pinchot who helped create the U.S. Forest Service. Pinchot understood values of nature and how to protect the forests with a balance of economics and management of our resources. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Forest marks 100 years Jun 30, 2008
The first Forest Service chief was Gifford Pinchot, a noted conservationist who summarized the agency's mission this way: To provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run. The biggest difference is what's happening around the forest. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Mount St. Helens panel to hold closed-door meeting Jun 27, 2008
luke the drifter wrote on Jun 26, 2008 8:38 AM:" I'd like the blast zone area to be reclassified to plain old Gifford Pinchot National Forest Land. Maybe set aside the Mt. Margaret backcountry as a wilderness area. That would allow us to travel anywhere in that area rather than having to stay on designated paths. It's our land, we need to be able to access all of it. That includes opening up some sort of fishing season on Spirit Lake. " ... Loowit wrote on Jun 26, 2008 8:25 PM:" One big problem... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Letters to the Editor (Feb. 11) Feb 11, 2008
Gifford Pinchot, father of American forestry, used similar language to describe the reckless, disrespectful slashing of America s original forests 100 years ago ... Gifford Pinchot personally developed his forestry education, wisely tripled national forest lands, and counseled foresters to show great respect for the public as professional stewards of public lands or private forests affecting all. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
How the state keeps liquor business all bottled up Jan 27, 2008
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, formed after Prohibition under temperance-minded Gov. Gifford Pinchot, marks its 75th anniversary in 2008. State stores once were user-unfriendly places where a clerk behind a counter fetched wines for customers who had to make their selections off a list. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pa. Eliminates Lifeguards At Cowans Gap Jan 25, 2008
The state parks that will implement the open swim policy in 2008 are Bald Eagle, Beltzville, Black Moshannon, Canoe Creek, Chapman, Cowans Gap, Gifford Pinchot, Laurel Hill, Moraine, Parker Dam, Pine Grove Furnace, Raccoon Creek, Shawnee, Tuscarora and Yellow Creek. Copyright 1998-2007. (Fulton County News, PA)
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-- Ted Stubblefield, former supervisor of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, on his disappointment that the U.S. Forest Service had permanently closed the Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center because it can't afford to operate it. Nov. 19. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Roosevelt really the beginning? Sep 9, 2007
He is usually regarded as a man of action, not of contemplation, and even his remarkable presidential achievement in conservation is usually seen as having been inspired by others, like his gifted U.S. forester Gifford Pinchot ... Other pioneers in the conservation movement include Mary Austin (1868-1934), the author of "Land of Little Rain"; John Burroughs (1837-1921), who spent a fortnight with Roosevelt in Yellowstone National Park; Roosevelt's friends and collaborators Gifford Pinchot... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Penn. Gov. Orders Partial State Shutdown... Jul 9, 2007
At Gifford Pinchot State Park in Lewisberry, 70-year-old retiree Janice Sorgen and her family are among those who will have to vacate the park's 10 cabins and 100 camping spots first thing Monday morning if a deal is not reached. "To do it in this manner is ridiculous," said Sorgen, who drove 500 miles from Fort Wayne, Ind. (The Drudge Report)
