by FSEEE | May 19, 2020 | Inside FSEEE
Last winter, the Forest Service proposed that people pay a fee to hike or camp in central Oregon’s undeveloped wilderness areas. The agency argued that wilderness areas are “special” places in which Congress has authorized hiking and camping fees. FSEEE pointed out...
by FSEEE | Nov 26, 2019 | Inside FSEEE
Last month, the Forest Service proposed levying fees for entering three wilderness areas the agency oversees in Oregon, even for hikers and campers. FSEEE opposes the move. Here’s a letter Executive Director Andy Stahl wrote to the agency this week outlining our...
by FSEEE | Nov 5, 2019 | Dispatch
We all know this about dogs—they’re serious sniffers. Now, biologists are putting that olfactory prowess to work to help save an endangered lizard in California. Blunt-nosed leopard lizards used to be common in the San Joaquin Valley. But their populations have...
by FSEEE | Oct 2, 2019 | Fire Truth
The latest statistics from the National Interagency Fire Center show that 2019 has seen a decrease in the total amount of wildfire activity across the United States compared to the past decade. As of yesterday, there have been 40,263 wildfires across the nation,...
by FSEEE | Sep 11, 2019 | Dispatch
Conservationists filed a lawsuit this week challenging a government ruling granting a water permit to a Canadian mining firm that wants to dig an open-pit copper and nickel mine in the Superior National Forest. The litigation claims the mine would threaten the...
by FSEEE | Jul 31, 2019 | Dispatch
A man who argues that all lands owned by the federal government should be sold is now in charge of the nation’s largest system of federal lands. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt signed an order this week naming William Perry Pendley, a former Reagan Administration...
by FSEEE | Jul 24, 2019 | Dispatch
Another 76 mountain goats have left the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state as wildlife managers continue their efforts to move the invasive ungulates to the North Cascade mountains. The animals were lifted by helicopter to staging areas on the peninsula, then...
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...
