by FSEEE | Jan 12, 2021 | Briefly
In a move to “create and sustain jobs in the outdoors” through “forest and watershed restoration and resilience,” Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced the Outdoor Restoration Force Act in the waning days of the 116th Congress. “For years, Congress has failed to...
by FSEEE | Dec 26, 2020 | In the News
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service News Release New proposed conservation protections for the whitebark pine, an emblem of the American West, would aim to bolster new and ongoing conservation actions for the species’ recovery so these unique trees, and the many plants and...
by FSEEE | Nov 16, 2020 | In the News
By Juliet Eilperin — The Trump administration is asking oil and gas firms to pick spots where they want to drill in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as it races to open the pristine wilderness to development and lock in drilling rights before President-elect...
by FSEEE | Oct 10, 2020 | In the News
By Anna V. Smith — In the early fall of 2018, Marina Anderson sped down the rough road connecting one side of Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island to the other. She had only a few hours to get to a public meeting over the potential opening of the Tongass National Forest,...
by FSEEE | Oct 4, 2020 | In the News
By Laurel Wamsley and Scott Neuman — The Trump administration has cleared the way to open the country’s largest national forest to more development and logging. In a revised environmental impact study made public on Friday, the Department of Agriculture...
by FSEEE | Sep 28, 2020 | Dispatch
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes eliminating about 205,000 acres in Oregon from the northern spotted owl critical habitat designation. The reduction would apply to Bureau of Land Management lands, where officials have said that eliminating “unnecessary...
by FSEEE | Sep 25, 2020 | FSEEE in the News, In the News
“Timber Wars,” a podcast from Oregon Public Broadcasting, is now available online. The new podcast tells the story of how a small group of activists and scientists turned the fight over old-growth trees and the northern spotted owl into one of the biggest...
by FSEEE | Sep 20, 2020 | Fire Truth, In the News, Science Notes
By Guest Columnist Tom Spies in The Oregonian — Spies is an emeritus scientist with the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. He lives in Corvallis. The devastating wildfires in western Oregon have caused tragic losses of life, homes and forests....
by FSEEE | Sep 18, 2020 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News
By James Anderson and Matthew Brown — Justin Silvera came off the fire lines in Northern California after a grueling 36 straight days battling wildfires and evacuating residents ahead of the flames. Before that, he and his crew had worked for 20 days, followed by a...
by FSEEE | Sep 14, 2020 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News
By Joan Meiners in The Spectrum — If you’ve spent any time in the west this summer, you’ve seen the skies fill with smoke from wildfires, prompting thousands of firefighters to be called to the front lines to fight the flames. One of the tools in their arsenal is...
