ERI in the News
Forestry pioneer retires from Northern Arizona University
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Northern Arizona University forestry expert who was ahead of his time in urging communities across the West to thin dense stands of trees and set fire to the landscape as a way to ward off catastrophic wildfires has retired from his position at the [...]
Pilot chip and ship project hold out promise for forest restoration
NORTHERN ARIZONA — This is gonna sound crazy. But maybe we can save the forest – and every town in it – by selling wood chips to South Korea. Read More
Wally Covington retires after over 40 years of forest science excellence
Wally Covington has been showing people the science of forestry in Flagstaff for years. Read More
NAU Forestry Pioneer Wally Covington Set To Retire
The main architect of northern Arizona’s Four Forest Restoration Initiative is set to retire later this month. Wally Covington, a forestry professor at Northern Arizona University, has been a pioneer of modern forest management for more than five decades. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius reports. Read More
Wally Covington, international man of forestry, set to retire in January
At a university known for its forestry studies, choosing one forestry expert that stands above the rest might seem difficult. But Wally Covington has a track record that speaks for itself. Read More
Longtime NAU Forestry And Ecological Restoration Professor Announces Retirement
Northern Arizona University says a top forest restoration pioneer is retiring. The university says Wally Covington will retire in January after 45 years there as a professor of forestry and executive director of the Ecological Restoration Institute. Read More
Smoke Tuesday on Flagstaff Ranger District from prescribed burns
The smoke billowing from the Flagstaff Ranger District near the Fort Valley Trailhead is from a prescribed burn at the experimental forest on Fort Valley Road. Firefighters will be using drip torches to ignite over 302 acres on their one-day operation 8 miles northwest of Flagstaff. The burn is [...]
Company interested in shipping local biomass to South Korea
ST. JOHNS — Apache County Natural Resources liaison Bruce Greco is working on an idea to help local companies sell biomass to J.A. International, a South Korean company that purchases biomass from all over the globe, some of it used for things like pellets for wood stoves, but the [...]