by FSEEE | Jul 8, 2019 | Inside FSEEE
FSEEE is weighing in on a controversial proposal to build a high-pressure natural gas pipeline that would span a wide stretch of southwest Oregon, including portions of three national forests. Our argument? It’s illegal, plain and simple. When Congress created our...
by FSEEE | Jun 28, 2019 | FSEEE in the News
In 2012, the Forest Service launched a study called “Aerial Firefighting Use and Effectiveness.” The purpose was to provide an objective analysis of whether using aircraft to fight wildfires actually works. Nearly eight years later, we’re still waiting for an answer....
by FSEEE | Jun 14, 2019 | Dispatch
The Trump administration this week released a plan to roll back environmental reviews and opportunities for public input for a wide range of projects on national forests, including major logging operations. In a statement released on Wednesday, Secretary of...
by FSEEE | Jun 5, 2019 | FSEEE in the News
Dave Iverson, president of FSEEE’s Board of Directors, wrote an op-ed that was published in the Salt Lake Tribune, making a compelling case against Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s controversial proposal to roll back protections for roadless areas of national...
by FSEEE | May 28, 2019 | Briefly
Conservationists filed a lawsuit last week accusing the Trump administration of failing to protect eight rare species under the Endangered Species Act, including a population of red tree voles along the Oregon coast. A 2016 Forest Service study found that populations...
by FSEEE | May 24, 2019 | Dispatch
More than 1,000 U.S. Forest Service employees could lose their jobs under a plan announced by the Trump administration today to shutter nine Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers and largely privatize those that remain open. The Forest Service has overseen the...
by FSEEE | May 21, 2019 | Science Notes
For the past several years, the managers of a reservoir in Oregon have let all of the water out for a week or so, so that the stream that feeds it flows freely. The result? A boost for native salmon and the elimination of invasive, warm-water species of fish. Those...
by FSEEE | May 17, 2019 | Dispatch
The Forest Service will allow chainsaws to be used in two wilderness areas in Colorado this summer to clear beetle-killed trees that have fallen over trails. Critics say the move would violate the Wilderness Act, which prohibits motorized equipment in wilderness areas...
by FSEEE | May 14, 2019 | Dispatch
Conservationists filed a lawsuit yesterday challenging the renewal of grazing permits for two Oregon ranchers who had previously been imprisoned after being found guilty of setting fire to public lands. Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven, were convicted of arson in...
by FSEEE | May 6, 2019 | Dispatch
Nearly three dozen former Forest Service employees have signed a letter urging the Trump administration to back away from plans for a major open-pit mine next to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northeastern Minnesota. Twin Metals, a subsidiary of the Chilean firm...
