by FSEEE | Sep 21, 2017 | Dispatch
The Trump administration’s plan to roll back national monument designations was blasted this week by New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich, who, during a congressional hearing, pointed out several factual errors in a report issued by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Heinrich,...
by FSEEE | Sep 18, 2017 | FSEEE in the News
FSEEE has filed a lawsuit challenging the Forest Service’s approval of a Navy plan to conduct electronic warfare training on the Olympic National Forest in Washington state. Earlier this summer, Olympic National Forest officials gave the Navy a special-use permit to...
by FSEEE | Sep 15, 2017 | In Depth
Global SuperTanker Services, LLC, a subsidiary of a Connecticut equities firm, says it has what it takes to put out wildfires. The company owns the largest firefighting aircraft on the planet, a retrofitted Boeing 747 that can dump huge quantities of fire retardant,...
by FSEEE | Sep 12, 2017 | Dispatch
More than a century ago, ranchers introduced bison to the Kaibab Plateau of northern Arizona, hoping they would crossbreed with their cattle. A century later, descendants of those bison have wandered from the Kaibab National Forest, where their numbers were held in...
by FSEEE | Sep 7, 2017 | FSEEE in the News
For the past several days, smoke has engulfed much of Oregon’s Willamette Valley, prompting residents to don facemasks and look longingly at forecasts for signs of cooler weather and cleansing winds. An active fire season in the state, and across much of the West, has...
by FSEEE | Sep 6, 2017 | Dispatch
A coalition of conservation groups is challenging a draft Forest Service decision to allow a Virginia energy company to build a $5 billion, 600-mile-long natural gas pipeline that would cross two national forests. The Forest Service issued its draft decision in July....
by FSEEE | Sep 1, 2017 | Sound Off
There’s certainly no shortage of bad bills being considered in Congress right now. This is a dangerous time for the environment, with anti-conservation forces ascendant in both chambers of Congress and in the White House. We’re focusing right now on one particularly...
by FSEEE | Aug 29, 2017 | Dispatch
Here’s some new buzz about how bees benefit from wildfires. Preliminary findings by a team of researchers at Oregon State University indicate that bees thrive in the openings created by high-severity wildfires. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that...
by FSEEE | Aug 24, 2017 | Dispatch
No national monument designations will be rescinded but the Trump administration should shrink the size of a “handful” of monuments, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said today in comments to the Associated Press. Today is the deadline for Zinke to send a report to Trump...
by FSEEE | Aug 22, 2017 | Dispatch
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has named a fellow Southerner as the next chief of the Forest Service. Tony Tooke, who is regional forester for the agency’s southern region, will succeed Tom Tidwell, whose last day on the job will be September 1. Tooke, who grew...
