Oregon High Court Rejects Timber Lawsuit

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 revenue. The 13 counties that brought the lawsuit gave forestland to the state in the 1930s and ’40s. Oregon manages the land...
FSEEE Sues Forest Service Over Fire Retardant

FSEEE Sues Forest Service Over Fire Retardant

Sixty days have passed since FSEEE delivered a notice of intent to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service for its use of fire retardant in violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Forest Service has not responded, so we have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District...
With Your Help, We’ve Stopped an Illegal Logging Plan

With Your Help, We’ve Stopped an Illegal Logging Plan

After FSEEE won a preliminary injunction to halt the Willamette National Forest Danger Tree Reduction Project, the U.S. Forest Service has decided to withdraw the project. We’re sending out a big “Thank you!” to all of you who made donations to help...
Victories of 2016

Victories of 2016

As the year comes to a close, we’d like to take a moment to share with you a few of the victories we’ve celebrated so far in 2016. A few of our achievements this year include: Defeating Dangerous Legislation Reining in the War on Wildfire Keeping Helicopters Out of...