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 | Fire Science, 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...
by FSEEE | Mar 31, 2023 | FSEEE in the News
Alex Wigglesworth, environment reporter with the Los Angeles Times, wrote a good news story about our fire retardant lawsuit. “As the use of aerially delivered retardant has soared in recent years,” she writes, “some forest advocates say the...
by FSEEE | Mar 9, 2023 | Action Alert
Contact Your Senators Today. We need your help to stop the Forest Service from polluting invaluable water resources with aerial fire retardant. In response to our lawsuit to force the Forest Service to follow the law, members of Congress have introduced HR 1586, which...
by FSEEE | Feb 20, 2023 | Dispatch, Fire Science, Fire Truth
A recently published report concludes that restoring headwaters streams and wetlands enhances wildfire and drought resilience. The report, authored by Jackie Corday and published by American Rivers, reviews and synthesizes published and ongoing research on low-tech...
by FSEEE | Feb 14, 2023 | Briefly
If approved, the Mountain Valley Pipeline will carry natural gas across 3.5 miles of the Jefferson National Forest and intersect the Appalachian Trail in Virgina. The Forest Service approved the right-of-way for the 42-inch-diameter pipeline in 2017 and again in 2021,...
by FSEEE | Feb 8, 2023 | Dispatch
The Forest Service is forming a new advisory committee for national forests managed under the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP). The 20-member board will recommend changes to the 1994 plan, which dictates management of 19 national forests in Washington, Oregon, and...
