by FSEEE | Apr 22, 2019 | Dispatch
A rare salamander that occupies a unique niche in the Pacific Northwest will likely have its day in court to decide whether it merits protection under the Endangered Species Act. The Siskiyou Mountains salamander depends on damp, deep-forest talus slopes. It survives...
by FSEEE | Apr 16, 2019 | Science Notes
Sometimes a great deal of insight about how landscapes change over time can be gained through relatively low-tech approaches. A “repeat photography” project on Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest offers a case in point. Half a century ago, George Gruell, a...
by FSEEE | Apr 12, 2019 | Dispatch
David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist for the oil and gas industry who has drawn intense criticism for alleged conflicts of interest during his stint as a top official in the Trump administration’s Department of the Interior, was confirmed as permanent Secretary of the...
by FSEEE | Apr 9, 2019 | Dispatch
A conservation group is suing the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management for approving a Canadian company’s request to explore for gold and other minerals just outside the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington’s Cascade Mountains. In...
by FSEEE | Apr 5, 2019 | Dispatch
The owners of a small Utah ski area have apparently withdrawn a request for a Forest Service permit that would clear the way for a major expansion into a roadless area of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Last year, Mountain Capital Partners, owners of the...
by FSEEE | Apr 2, 2019 | Briefly
The Forest Service has scaled back a proposed logging project in a scenic area of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia, earning praise from conservationists. Agency officials initially proposed logging nearly 1,500 acres around High Knob and Pickem Mountain, in a...
by FSEEE | Mar 26, 2019 | Briefly
The Forest Service has approved a Canadian firm’s plan of operations for a nearly $2 billion open-pit copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains of southern Arizona. Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc. plans to extract 112,000 tons of copper from the mine, as well as...
by FSEEE | Mar 21, 2019 | Dispatch
In a ruling that could reverberate across federally managed lands, a U.S. district court judge on Monday found that the Bureau of Land Management must take climate change into account when deciding whether to approve leases for oil and gas drilling. U.S. District...
by FSEEE | Mar 19, 2019 | Briefly
The Bureau of Land Management is considering a request to allow 20,000 more people to attend the Burning Man celebration in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert each year. Currently, 80,000 people are permitted to attend the event. In a draft environmental impact statement...
by FSEEE | Mar 15, 2019 | Dispatch
The Forest Service has rejected a proposal to build a $1.2 billion hydroelectric facility in the mountains of West Virginia, saying the project would harm rare species and degrade federally protected wetlands. FreedomWorks LLC, based in Harpers Ferry, wants to build...
