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• Hundreds plant ponderosas bought with prize funds

  October 23, 2011 in City on Page B1 Spokane got a little greener Saturday. Hundreds of shovel-wielding volunteers planted 10,000 ponderosa pines at a dozen locations in the area. 1

• Lands Councils gets $20,000 to plant pines

  October 6, 2011 in News The Lands Council of Spokane has received a $20,000 grant from Tom’s of Maine to plant 10,000 native ponderosa pines in urban areas. 4

• A ponderous task

  September 21, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Inland Northwest residents often take ponderosa pines for granted. They’re scrappy survivors of the tree world, thriving on empty lots and barren highway medians. They take root in rocky soil … 3

• Forest lover helped wildfires study take root in North Idaho

  September 19, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Harry Gisborne was an irascible man – irritable, demanding and brilliant. For nearly three decades, he sought to understand how weather and topography affect the spread of wildfires. Most of …

• Controlled burns planned in North Idaho

  September 8, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A7 Federal officials plan to set fires on up to 1,700 acres in North Idaho this fall as part of prescribed burning. The U.S. Forest Service has targeted 300 to 500 … 1