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Should the public have a say in how the public’s lands are managed? Not according to the Trump Administration. We have until Aug. 26 to comment on a proposed rule change that would cut … More

Trump administration officials, led by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, are urging the Senate to approve a version of the 2018 Farm Bill that would prove disastrous for our National Forests. Earlier this year, the … More

The House of Representatives has narrowly passed a 2018 Farm Bill that would gut key environmental laws and open our National Forests to widespread logging and mining. Among its disastrous provisions, the bill would … More

Right now, Congress is considering legislation that would gut environmental laws and prevent regular citizens from challenging the industrial exploitation of our public lands. The “Resilient Federal Forests Act,” introduced by Arkansas Rep. Bruce … More

It’s one of the most spectacular, most visited stretches of wilderness in the United States. Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area is a precious east-of-the-Rockies example of how the continent once was. And now we … More

On April 26, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Interior to review the designations of all monuments founded since 1996. The review could open millions of acres of national monuments … More

One of FSEEE’s core missions is to support those brave federal employees who exercise their free speech rights to blow the whistle on policies and actions that would harm our public lands. We were … More

Let me state the obvious: We find ourselves in a period of unsettling uncertainty. Every time a president takes office, we face significant unknowns. How will that person govern? What policies will emerge as … More

When a large wildfire burns on a National Forest, those charged with fighting it do pretty much anything they can to stop it. They drop thousands of gallons of fire retardant from helicopters and … More