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No Pass from Forest Service ‘Nanny State’
The Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon, recently published an editorial by FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl, in which he takes the Forest...
FSEEE Voices Support for Mushroom Hunters, Criticizes Post-Fire Forest Closures
The Salem Statesman Journal reports that a unique culinary opportunity is being thwarted by forest managers in Oregon. Morel mushrooms,...
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Biden Administration Restores Tongass Protections
The Department of Agriculture finalized protections for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, the world’s largest intact temperate...
Forest Service Admits Fire Retardant Use Violates Clean Water Act
Declines to reduce usage of the chemical pollutant The preliminary response to FSEEE’s fire retardant lawsuit acknowledges that the Forest...
Mining Proposal Threatens Okefenokee
If approved, a proposal to mine titanium and zirconium in southern Georgia will threaten the integrity of the Okefenokee Swamp, designated a...
Oregon High Court Rejects Timber Lawsuit
The Oregon Supreme Court rejected an appeal in a $1 billion lawsuit that sought to define the “greatest permanent value” of forests as timber...
Forest Service Completes Prescribed Fire Review
After the Forest Service ignited a prescribed fire that became the largest wildfire in New Mexico history, Chief Randy Moore ordered a...
In Depth
Bad Bills Abound
The first months of the Trump administration brought plenty of setbacks for conservationists. There was Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s...
Unleashing the SuperTanker?
Global SuperTanker Services, LLC, a subsidiary of a Connecticut equities firm, says it has what it takes to put out wildfires. The company...
Fighting for Survival
In the waning days of 1973, Richard Nixon signed into law the Endangered Species Act. It was anything but a controversial step for the...
Fire Truth
Forest Service Adopts 10-year Wildfire Strategy
The next issue of Forest News is at the printer's. Here's a preview: The Department of Agriculture...
FSEEE Comments on What Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Means for Wildfire Management
Noting that President Biden's infrastructure bill allocates $3.3 billion for things like...
Study: Severe Wildfire More Common Prior to 1900
A peer-reviewed study published in September finds that severe wildfires were less common during...
Four Forest Restoration Initiative Halted
The Forest Service has halted the largest restoration effort of its kind, the Four Forest...
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