August 18, 2017 — The Trump administration announced today that U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell is retiring from the agency. His last day in office will be September 1. “From the start, we have relied on Chief … More
Category: Dispatch
Forest Service Tweaks Wyoming Logging Plan
August 15, 2017 — A logging project high in the Wyoming Rockies will be modified after FSEEE raised concerns about impacts to the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. Officials with the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest want to thin … More
Counterclaim Filed in 4FRI Lawsuit
August 11, 2017 — This spring, two former executives of Good Earth Power AZ, which holds the largest forest restoration contract ever issued by the Forest Service, sued the company, alleging they were owed more than $4 million … More
Senate Bill Would Loosen Environmental Laws
August 8, 2017 — South Dakota Senator John Thune last week introduced legislation that would sharply curtail environmental reviews of logging projects on national forests. The bill, dubbed the Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017, would allow the … More
Forest Service to Allow Olympic National Forest War Games
August 3, 2017 — Forest Service officials have given the green light to a controversial plan to stage electronic warfare games on the Olympic National Forest in Washington state. The decision allows personnel from the Whidbey Island Naval … More
Trump Administration and Senator Target District Ranger
July 28, 2017 — When a sitting U.S. senator and a member of the president’s cabinet go after a Forest Service district ranger, guess who wins? Alex Sienkiewicz, who was “reassigned” last month from his post on Montana’s … More
Goodbye Goats?
July 24, 2017 — Federal land managers will try once again to remove hundreds of nonnative mountain goats from the Olympic Mountains in Washington, hoping to reduce damage to rare plant communities and prevent conflicts between goats and … More
Congress Debates Land Swap for Minnesota Copper Mine
July 13, 2017 — A land swap that could clear the way for a massive copper and nickel mine near Lake Superior in northern Minnesota will be up for debate during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing tomorrow. … More
Deep Workforce Cuts Proposed for BLM
June 21, 2017 — As many as 1,000 jobs at the Bureau of Land Management may disappear next year, according to an email sent to agency employees last week by BLM Acting Director Mike Nedd, as the Trump … More
Bill Would Roll Back Environmental Rules on Logging Projects
June 15, 2017 — Arkansas Rep. Bruce Westerman has reintroduced a bill that would roll back environmental regulations governing logging on national forests. The Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 would allow the Forest Service to sidestep laws … More