by FSEEE | May 12, 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.] 5/12/26 update: we added information on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry and the Farm Bill of 2026 to our post...
by FSEEE | May 7, 2026 | In the News
The unfolding Forest Service reorganization targets important scientific facilities along with ongoing research projects. Current nationwide Forest Service research stations will be consolidated down to the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Colorado, and 75% of...
by FSEEE | May 5, 2026 | Investigation, Dispatch
Excerpts from ‘We are Bombarding America’s Forests With Roundup’ by Nate Halverson, Mother Jones … I steer my old Toyota Tacoma down a bumpy dirt road to where the Lassen National Forest gives way to private timberland. Lilly rides shotgun....
by FSEEE | May 1, 2026 | Briefly
Beavers are a true keystone species, so it should come as no surprise that two new studies broaden our understanding of beavers’ beneficial role, not only for aquatic life, but also for airborne creatures like bats and butterflies. Both studies were published by the...
by FSEEE | Apr 28, 2026 | Featured Forest
Prior to the 1700s, the land encompassed by the Nantahala National Forest was inhabited by the Cherokee people. Nantahala is a Cherokee word meaning “Land of the Noonday Sun,” a reference to the steep landscape where sunlight only reaches the valley floor at midday....
by FSEEE | Apr 13, 2026 | Dispatch
April 28 Update: The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn the 20-year mining ban protecting Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from mining, and President Trump signed the resolution to overturn the ban. Republicans, guided by the Project 2025 blueprint, may have dealt a...
by FSEEE | Apr 1, 2026 | FSEEE in the News
An article by Christine Peterson in High Country News cites FSEEE Executive Director Kevin Hood’s concerns about the Forest Service reorganization that will move the agency’s headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, Utah, the state that is...
by FSEEE | Mar 31, 2026 | In the News
The Forest Service has announced it will move its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, Utah, and begin “a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the forests and communities it serves.” The Forest Service posted...
by FSEEE | Mar 18, 2026 | Briefly
A federal judge in Alaska dismissed a timber-industry lawsuit seeking to allow old-growth logging on the Tongass National Forest, the world’s largest temperate old-growth rainforest. Viking Lumber, Alcan Timber, and the Alaska Forest Association sued the Department of...
by FSEEE | Mar 9, 2026 | Action Alert
The House Agriculture Committee is currently marking up the 2026 Farm Bill (H.R. 7567), and it contains a dangerous payload. Core provisions from the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA, H.R. 471/S. 1462) have been folded into this “must-pass” legislation, threatening to...
