by FSEEE | Feb 2, 2026 | In the News, Dispatch, Fire Truth
Judge Michael McShane, chief judge for the U.S. District Court of Oregon, struck down a 34-year-old environmental-law exemption used for wildfire logging. As reported by Alex Baumhardt for the Oregon Capital Chronicle, McShane’s ruling reversed recent Forest...
by FSEEE | Jan 24, 2026 | In the News
Congress provides no funding for new agency. The Department of the Interior recently announced the next steps in establishing the U.S. Wildland Fire Service and named Brian Fennessy to lead the new agency, even though the final version of the Congressional...
by FSEEE | Jan 22, 2026 | Action Alert
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a hearing on the bill that would exempt toxic aerial fire retardant from the Clean Water Act on Wednesday, Jan. 28. This is a significant hearing that will directly impact the progress of this bill. We...
by FSEEE | Jan 19, 2026 | Featured Forest
The administrative history of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is complex, including large multi-million acre forest reserves created in the late 1800s that were parceled in the 1900s into national parks (North Cascades and Rainier) and national forests (Mt....
by FSEEE | Jan 12, 2026 | Dispatch
The Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (HFRA) establishes a legal framework ostensibly designed to protect communities and watersheds from catastrophic wildfire. The legislation authorizes “hazardous fuels reduction projects” across National Forest and BLM lands....
by FSEEE | Jan 5, 2026 | Dispatch, Fire Truth
During New Mexico’s largest-ever wildfire — the 2022 Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, slurry bombers made nearly 2,500 retardant drops, primarily Phos-Chek, to combat the blaze. Phos-Chek is the bright red fire retardant featured on news reels to convey a visually...
by FSEEE | Dec 20, 2025 | Action Alert
The fire retardant lobby wants Congress to amend the Clean Water Act to allow unregulated toxic heavy metal pollutants in fire retardant to be dumped into our nation’s streams and rivers. Most of our nation’s drinking water supplies come from these water sources. If...
by FSEEE | Dec 12, 2025 | Briefly
Citing “short-sighted fire suppression policies and the rapid influx of people and development in hazardous regions,” Meghan Hodges argues for incentivizing wildfire-safe developments through fire-hazard mapping coupled with fire-adapted building codes and robust code...
by FSEEE | Dec 5, 2025 | Briefly
Introduced by California Congressmen John Garamendi (D) and Ken Calvert (R), the Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Bill (H.R.2771) “would give states the option to designate accredited, nonprofit land trusts to hold conservation easements purchased with federal...
by FSEEE | Nov 22, 2025 | Briefly, Fire Truth
During the 2020 fire season, retardant-laden slurry bombers were scrambled to attack a small fire in Alberta’s mountains. One payload of Phos-Chek fire retardant was delivered directly into North Racehorse Creek, turning the stream red. University of Alberta...
