by FSEEE | Jul 10, 2026 | In Depth, In the News
A single logging project in western Oregon has become the test case for a legal theory that, if it holds up in court, could put the management of hundreds of millions of acres of federal public land in question. Cascadia Wildlands, a Eugene-based grassroots...
by FSEEE | Jul 3, 2026 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News
An article by Emily Gardner published by the American Geophysical Union in Eos highlights FSEEE Executive Director Kevin Hood’s concerns about recent changes to the U.S. Forest Service. The article reports that historic drought, record-low snowpack, and extreme...
by FSEEE | Jun 29, 2026 | Dispatch, Fire Truth
Across the United States, communities are working to prepare for a future shaped by more frequent floods, wildfires, droughts, and extreme weather events. From wildfire-prone neighborhoods in Colorado to flood-vulnerable towns in Mississippi, many communities rely on...
by FSEEE | Jun 23, 2026 | Dispatch, Fire Truth, Science Notes
Among members of the Karuk Tribe, whose ancestral lands encompass present-day Happy Camp (Athithúfvuunupma), California, fire is recognized not as an enemy but as one of the oldest teachers. For thousands of years, the Karuk have used low-intensity cultural burning to...
by FSEEE | Jun 18, 2026 | Dispatch, In the News
A new report in Biological Conservation coauthored by David Mildrexler, Logan Berner, Beverly Law, and Mary Booth concludes, “The justifications for rescinding the Roadless Rule are fiscally misguided and ecologically flawed.” The rescission, they write,...
by FSEEE | Jun 3, 2026 | Action Alert
[We will be updating this post regularly to reflect the current legislation status and how you can best stand for clean water.] 3 UPDATES 6/3/26: I removed “Urgently” from our post title as lobbyists & Congress were unable to pass legislation exempting...
by FSEEE | Jun 2, 2026 | Victory
In a letter to Kentucky Heartwood, District Ranger Kyle Edmonds announced the withdrawal of the draft “Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Jellico Vegetation Management Project” on the Daniel Boone National Forest. FSEEE, along...
by FSEEE | May 29, 2026 | In the News, Victory
Reporting for New Orleans-based Verite News, Tristan Baurick writes that Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy has abandoned his plan to transfer 140,000 acres of Kisatchie National Forest to Grant Parish after his bill “sparked outrage from conservationists and parish...
by FSEEE | May 25, 2026 | Briefly, Fire Truth
Dr. James Hansen, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and former Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, doesn’t like the Fix Our Forests Act. A Boston Globe op-ed coauthored by Hansen and attorney Dan Galpern questions basic...
by FSEEE | May 22, 2026 | Dispatch, Fire Truth
Government agencies and corporate media consistently emphasize the expansion of wildfire acreage caused by a warming climate. Studies that examine only two or three decades of North American fire history support these claims. “Considering these studies, forest...
