by FSEEE | Mar 7, 2024 | Dispatch, In the News
The Northwest Forest Plan — the world’s largest ecosystem management plan — was adopted in 1994 after President Bill Clinton essentially imposed the Plan on the Forest Service and other reluctant federal agencies. Of the Washington, Oregon, and California lands...
by FSEEE | Feb 1, 2024 | Briefly
Among efforts to stave off the rapid decline of whitebark pine trees, researchers have recently sequenced the genome of this keystone species and are publishing their findings. Conifer genomes can be challenging to sequence as they are 3-10 times larger than the human...
by FSEEE | Jan 25, 2024 | Briefly
The most current data show 2023 was a relatively quiet fire year. The National Interagency Fire Center reports 54,273 wildfires burned 2,627,112 acres through Dec. 18. While the number of fires was in line with the 10-year average, the number of acres burned was the...
by FSEEE | Jan 15, 2024 | Featured Forest
The Mount Hood National Forest encompasses 1.1 million acres, with about a third of those acres designated as wilderness within eight wilderness areas. The Forest has a rich history and offers year-round recreation opportunities. Its watersheds provide drinking water...
by FSEEE | Dec 19, 2023 | Action Alert
The Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Senate Bill 1254) achieved an important milestone when it cleared the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Committee Dec. 14. Sen. Patty Murray (D, Wash.) first introduced the bill in 2012 and...
by FSEEE | Nov 1, 2023 | Dispatch
Like the American chestnut, the American elm is threatened by an invasive species, but the future for the elms looks a bit brighter than the fate of the chestnuts. For elms the threat comes from Dutch Elm Disease, introduced in the 1930s, and researchers are making...
by FSEEE | Oct 21, 2023 | Briefly
The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act established the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission and tasked the Commission with creating policy recommendations to address “the wildfire crisis.” In September, the Commission released a report with 148...
by FSEEE | Oct 15, 2023 | Briefly
The Custer-Gallatin National Forest recently issued a Finding of No Significant Impact approving the South Plateau Landscape Area Treatment Project. The 16,462-acre logging project (to “improve forest resilience”) includes 5,531 acres of clear-cutting, 6,593...
by FSEEE | Oct 5, 2023 | FSEEE in the News
Susannah Frame with KING 5 News, Seattle’s NBC affiliate, interviewed FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl for an in-depth feature on aerial fire retardant. Frame also spoke with Vertis Campbell of the Colville Tribe and Brandon Miller, CEO of GreenFire, which...
by FSEEE | Aug 28, 2023 | Action Alert
We need your help to stop the Forest Service from polluting invaluable water resources with aerial fire retardant. While our lawsuit has forced the Forest Service to apply for a permit as required by the Clean Water Act, members of Congress have introduced legislation...