by FSEEE | Aug 20, 2023 | Briefly
The Forest Service recently approved a $250,000 grant for Kodama Systems, Inc., in collaboration with Blue Forest and The Trust for Public Land, to fund the creation of “wood vaults” in California. The pilot project will construct “engineered earthen wood vaults...
by FSEEE | Jul 30, 2023 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News
The Jefferson Exchange: The cavalry, or the contaminator? The debate over tankers dropping fire retardant FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl recently spoke about aerial fire retardant on Jefferson Public Radio in an extended interview with Geoffrey Riley, host of The...
by FSEEE | Jul 11, 2023 | Briefly, Fire Truth
A comprehensive 2021 Forest Service report by Theresa B. Jain, et al., identifies significant shortcomings in research supporting “fuel treatments” that focus on thinning our forests. Out of 2,240 research papers, the authors identified only 179 (8%) that evaluated...
by FSEEE | Jul 4, 2023 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News
FSEEE is featured on the front page of the July 3 issue of the Los Angeles Times in Hayley Smith’s article about fire retardant. Smith accurately points out some of the problems with Phos-Chek, the widely used red retardant that contains ammonium phosphate....
by FSEEE | Jun 15, 2023 | Action Alert, Briefly, Fire Truth
Elemental is a new documentary about wildfire in the drought-prone West. Directed by Trip Jennings, the film brings together respected experts from across the board — firefighters, wildfire survivors, research ecologists, indigenous elders, fire scientists, wildlife...
by FSEEE | May 30, 2023 | Fire Truth, Victory
U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen ruled in our favor in our lawsuit challenging Forest Service use of aerial fire retardant, affirming that dumping the toxic slurry into water violates the Clean Water Act and that the Forest Service must acquire a Clean Water Act...
by FSEEE | May 26, 2023 | In Depth
One of the justifications for cutting trees is that it improves wildlife habitat, a stance promoted by the National Wild Turkey Federation, which is now funding tree-thinning projects in Chaffee County, Colorado. When asked if tree-thinning is beneficial to wildlife,...
by FSEEE | May 14, 2023 | Dispatch
Biochar has become a hot topic in discussions ranging from forest health to carbon sequestration, but is it really a panacea for forest management and climate challenges? The Forest Service answers “Yes” in Biochar Basics, published by the agency in 2022. “By turning...
by FSEEE | Apr 29, 2023 | FSEEE in the News
Peter O’Dowd recently interviewed FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl about our aerial fire retardant lawsuit on Here & Now, a live news broadcast produced by National Public Radio and Boston radio station WBUR. The Forest Service admits that its use of fire...
by FSEEE | Apr 28, 2023 | Featured Forest
In the Arizona Upland region of the Sonoran Desert, the Tonto National Forest enshrines a ruggedly beautiful landscape in central Arizona, where winter precipitation produced a “superbloom” of wildflowers this spring. Totaling almost 3 million acres, the Tonto...
