Federal spending on wildland firefighting has nearly tripled since 2000. Is there a better way to deal with wildland fire? by Patricia Marshall

• Air Power
  By Patricia Marshall

• The Shepherds of Fire
  By Kyle Dickman

• Body Count
  By Timothy Ingalsbee

• Living with the Inevitable
  By Patricia Marshall

The Allegheny National Forest is riddled with oil and gas wells. by James Johnston

Climbing trees isn’t just for kids; adults go vertical, too. by Melissa Bearns

• Inner Voice. FSEEE appeals federal farming. Rural houses provide fuel for fires.

• Out There: After the Blaze. The Sespe Wilderness springs back after wildfire burned through the area. by Chuck Graham

• From the Publisher: Homestead Security. Staying put in a fire-resistant home is a strategy that some homeowners choose. by Andy Stahl

• Point of View: Where Silence is Golden. Rick Bass explores challenges to the 1872 mining law.

• Pulp: In the Treetops. The Wild Trees offers a glimpse of life at the top. by Patricia Marshall

When the government owns a huge swath of your state, how do you make up for lost tax revenue? by Alice Tallmadge

Stream restoration used to focus on cleaning out the logs. Now contractors are putting them back in. by Ian Reid

Climbing temperatures, exploding populations, reduced rainfall: Is the Southwest headed for a megadrought? by Allen Best

Taking the long view of forest health is essential. by Gary Snyder

• Inner Voice. It’s not that simple to figure out your carbon footprint.

• Out There: A Wilderness Undermined. In the Cabinet Mountains, hard rock mining may have big impacts. by Randy Beacham

• From the Publisher: Solving Solomon’s Dilemma. There’s a way to make county payments work in Oregon. by Andy Stahl>

• Point of View: Care, Serve, Connect. Walt Rule, a long-time forester, remembers when the agency had a more personal touch.

• Pulp: A Madness of Roads. In A Road Runs Through It, writers examine the impact of building and using roads. by Chris Bryant

Temperatures are climbing, ice sheets are melting. The globe is warming, and we’re coping with the uncertainties of a changing climate.

• A Disturbing Silence
  by Mike Dunne

• Smoke Alarm
  by Valerie Brown

• Northern Exposure
  by Patricia Marshall

• Signs of the Times
  by Bill McKibben

Proponents say biomass offers an alternative to burning fossil fuels, but it could be a double-edged sword for our forests. by Chris Bryant
Bugged

Beetle infestation may be the West’s current plague, but has the rhetoric lost sight of the science? by George Wuerthner

• Inner Voice. Whistleblowers made a difference. Off-highway vehicles make tracks.

• Out There: The High Cost of Protection. Changes in Oregon’s land use laws may threaten Newberry National Volcanic Monument. by Jim Yuskavitch

• From the Publisher: Accounting for Carbon. Tree plantations can’t mitigate fossil fuel emissions. by Andy Stahl

• Point of View: Letter to the Chief. Richard Artley addresses his old schoolmate.

• Pulp: Recommended reads on global warming.

The eleven-month, non-violent protest that stopped an Oregon salvage sale was over, but the story of arson and eco-sabatage was just beginning. by Alice Tallmadge

From his home in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, Paul Stamets hatches a plan to save the world with fungi. by Jenny Wierschem
A City in the Sky

Developers propose to build a ski resort two miles above sea level. by Allen Best

Ed Abbey, an iconoclastic champion of the American West, was a prodigious letter writer. Here’s his advice to editors, fellow writers and a president. Excerpted from the book compiled by David Petersen

• Inner Voice. Dead trees live. Idaho wilderness at risk. Hello, James.

• Out There: Colorado’s Picket Wire Canyon. The U.S. Army wants to expand its range into Picket Wire Canyon, where dinosours once roamed. by Michael de Yoanna

• From the Publisher: Mark Rey’s Legacy. An intact Roadless Rule may be Mark Rey’s legacy. by Andy Stahl

• Point of View: Can Federal Courts Save the Environment? The judiciary can’t undo all the damage perpetrated by political appointees. by Dan Rohlf

• Pulp: A Century of Fire in the West. Wildfire, edited by George Wuerthner, provides a multifacted look at a century of failed fire policy in the West. by Camilla Mortensen