by FSEEE | May 4, 2018 | Dispatch
Non-native mountain goats in Washington state’s Olympic National Park may soon get one-way tickets across Puget Sound to the Cascade Mountains. The National Park Service, in coordination with the Forest Service and the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife,...
by FSEEE | May 1, 2018 | Briefly
A trio of conservation groups is challenging a proposal to build a natural gas pipeline across Ohio’s Wayne National Forest. Yesterday, the Ohio Environmental Council, the Sierra Club and the Center for Biodiversity filed a motion to intervene in the permitting...
by FSEEE | Apr 26, 2018 | Sound Off
On Tuesday, Vicki Christiansen made her first Hill appearance as Forest Service chief, albeit with an “interim” asterisk. Her written testimony focused on fire funding and “active forest management,” aka, logging: The funding and related work will support between...
by FSEEE | Apr 24, 2018 | Dispatch
Five congressionally designated wilderness areas in Oregon’s central Cascades could be subject to a permitting system and visitor limitations under a draft plan released by the Forest Service last week. The environmental assessment, called the Central Cascades...
by FSEEE | Apr 19, 2018 | Briefly
America’s urban forests are on the decline. Forest Service researchers found that tree cover in cities and towns dropped by about 175,000 acres per year between 2009 and 2014. That corresponds to a loss of about 36 million trees annually. Over the same period, the...
by FSEEE | Apr 16, 2018 | Dispatch
A former Colorado state forester with an extensive background in wildland firefighting is Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the Forest Service as Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment. James Hubbard served as Colorado’s top forester from 1984 to 2004. He...
by FSEEE | Apr 13, 2018 | Dispatch
Here’s an Endangered Species Act success story. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it intends to remove the Kirtland’s warbler from the threatened and endangered species list. The small songbird was one of the first species to be protected under...
by FSEEE | Apr 10, 2018 | Dispatch
Opponents of a $3.5 billion natural gas pipeline have taken to the trees in an effort to stop the controversial project, which would transect the Appalachian Mountains. Since late February, protesters have stationed themselves in trees in the Jefferson National Forest...
by FSEEE | Apr 5, 2018 | Dispatch
A subspecies of martens that lives along the Pacific Coast in California and Oregon will likely go extinct if nothing is done to help the animals, according to a study released this week. Pacific martens once lived in coastal forests throughout Oregon and northern...
by FSEEE | Mar 21, 2018 | Briefly
Bureau of Land Management officials secured bids yesterday for oil and gas leases on dozens of parcels in Utah, including land near the Bears Ears, Canyons of the Ancients and Hovenweep national monuments. Oil and gas companies offered nearly $1.5 million for the...
