Bandar Seri Begawan - Twenty-two youths from the Persatuan Belia Lumapas (PERLU) made an educational visit to the Sg Liang Forest Reserve, Andulau, Kuala Belait recently.

A Treaty of Waitangi forestry claim that could lead to a deal worth $400 million for central North Island iwi will move closer to settlement this week.

BOISE, Idaho — Richard Sims, State Conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Idaho, received the 2007 Conservation Award from the American Forest Foundation.

Conservationists and forestry workers rallied at the BC Legislature on Saturday, demanding old-growth forests be saved and second-growth forests be logged instead, but in a sustainable way.

NEWTON GROVE — Less than a month after a statewide ban on open burning was lifted, dry and windy conditions across the state have forced state forestry officials to reinstate the ban.

EVERETT — A son of the Evergreen State, Andy Holland encouraged generations of students to embrace the forests as their own. Born to Norwegian immigrant parents on Vashon Island, Holland grew up on a chicken farm. When he was a young teen, he lost both his parents and brother in a matter of years.

MONMOUTH —The Monmouth Board of Selectmen announced recently that Two Trees Forestry of Winthrop has been awarded a contract to manage the town’s East Monmouth woodlot. The 60-acre property includes the public boat launch on Cobbossee Lake. The forestry contract was awarded following a bidding process, which sought a forester to prepare a management plan, communicate with town officials and the …

It could be a week before firefighters fully put down a wildfire that started Friday afternoon in Chowan County, forestry officials said Saturday.

Officials with the South Carolina Forestry Commission said since the fiscal year of 2003, fuel costs for the entire agency have gone up 100 percent.

Tasmania’s annual forestry burn-offs are set to begin over the weekend.