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...
by FSEEE | Nov 15, 2025 | Briefly
The Forest Service and other federal agencies missed the deadline of Sept. 10 to implement President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14308 mandating consolidation of federal firefighting into a single agency in the Department of Interior. A week later, the Secretaries...
by FSEEE | Nov 9, 2025 | Dispatch
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials interfered with an active wildland firefighting campaign and arrested two men working to contain the Bear Gulch Fire in Washington. As reported by Reuters, the Aug. 27 raid resulted in two firefighters being detained at an...
by FSEEE | Oct 26, 2025 | Featured Forest
Located in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, Monongahela National Forest encompasses 921,000 acres, with elevations ranging from just under 1,000 to 4,863 feet above sea level. The Forest includes much of the Potomac Highlands Region and major landform...
by FSEEE | Oct 16, 2025 | Briefly
A recently published paper reveals old-growth resilience to climate shifts in the Amazon Basin. “Our results can be understood as a sign of the resilience of Amazonian forests, showing that any impacts of climate change on larger trees have been more than alleviated...
by FSEEE | Oct 4, 2025 | Briefly, Fire Truth
Mass layoffs, deferred resignation offers, and other policies from a hostile administration eliminated record numbers of Forest Service employees earlier this year. Firefighters were supposedly exempt from these job cuts, but Forest Service firefighters, already...
by FSEEE | Sep 21, 2025 | Dispatch
Forests cover much of the American South, but the region does not have an abundance of national forests. However, Caddo Lake in northeastern Texas boasts impressive bald cypress forests in its shallow, mysterious waters and is recognized as a wetland of international...
by FSEEE | Sep 14, 2025 | Dispatch
The Forest Service and other federal agencies have missed the deadline of Sept. 10, to implement President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14308 mandating consolidation of federal firefighting into a single agency in the Department of Interior. Citing...
