A recent article in the Altoona Mirror emphasized the foresight and wisdom of the Altoona Water Authority in acquiring and maintaining forested watersheds around its seven reservoirs supplying water ...
The blow of late summer drought could have been lessened and perhaps avoided if the forests around those watersheds that provide drinking water had been kept intact, according to Casey Kulla, a state ...
The infrastructure that brings drinking water to homes is an investment. For millions of people, forests are part of the system behind their faucets. Over the coming decades, many forested watersheds ...
While the U.S. Forest Service pours resources into a runaway battle on wildfire, it is losing the war over water. About half of Western water supply originates on national forest land. But before that ...
Droughts and floods will continue to affect forested watersheds and drinking water supplies. Best management practices can help protect forests but some future climate scenarios would challenge the ...
For a small but growing number of Oregon forestland buyers, timber output is no more than a potential byproduct. Their purchases are driven less by a desire for logs than for another resource flowing ...
The forest-focused Water Source Protection Program would be reauthorized and expanded under the Headwaters Protection Act. The bill would increase the program’s annual appropriation threefold to $30 ...
Similar water bodies have been developed across forest tracts in the district over the past two years, helping improve ...
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – While the U.S. Forest Service pours resources into a runaway battle on wildfire, it is losing the war over water. About half of Western water supply originates on national forest ...