by FSEEE | Nov 27, 2024 | Briefly
In 2015, a Republican-led commission of Utah legislators voted to file a lawsuit challenging U.S. government control of federal lands in the state. Almost a decade later, Utah’s Republican governor and attorney general are following through by petitioning the U.S....
by FSEEE | Nov 18, 2024 | Briefly
Planes launched from the Medford Air Tanker Base in Oregon have dropped 1.7 million gallons of fire retardant so far this year, breaking the airbase’s previous record set during the 2023 fire season. The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest announced the new record on...
by FSEEE | Nov 1, 2024 | Briefly
Sequoias are thriving in Great Britain, both giant sequoias (Sequoia giganteum) and coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens). Scientists with the Royal Society report that some stands have matched the average growth rates of similar-aged sequoias in their natural...
by FSEEE | Oct 18, 2024 | Briefly
The U.S. Forest Service has suspended the hiring of all seasonal employees with the exception of firefighters for the 2025 fiscal year due to anticipated budget shortfalls. Letters sent to regional leadership teams were leaked via social media site Reddit, prompting...
by FSEEE | Oct 12, 2024 | Featured Forest
The Ottawa National Forest encompasses 1 million acres on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, extending from the south shore of Lake Superior to the Wisconsin state line. The Forest is home to abundant wildlife, scenic views, rolling hills, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, and...
by FSEEE | Aug 28, 2024 | Briefly, In the News
The Point Fire burned 1,200 acres in Sonoma County in June. Lago di Merlo Vineyards lost a few vines to the fire, but it faces an uncertain future after an errant fire retardant drop painted a 20-acre swath of grapevines bright red. The Press Democrat reports that...
by FSEEE | Aug 17, 2024 | Dispatch, In the News
Federal Judge Dana Christensen halted the Horsefly Vegetation Project in the Little Belt Mountains in Lewis and Clark National Forest. Judge Kathleen DeSoto had ruled that both the Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hadn’t properly considered a...
by FSEEE | Aug 9, 2024 | Dispatch, In the News
Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise is the pro-Trump playbook produced as the centerpiece of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 agenda. The 920-page manifesto lays out a plan “to address and reform the failings of big government and an undemocratic...
by FSEEE | Aug 2, 2024 | In the News
Caroll Burns Williams Jr., who died March 1 at the age of 94, was the first African American scientist hired by the Forest Service. He was also the first African American to earn a doctorate in forestry and entomology and one of the first African American faculty...
by FSEEE | Jul 24, 2024 | Briefly
A recent report published by Headwaters Economics addresses the increasing risks to communities in wildfire-prone areas. The authors characterize current efforts to control wildfire as “ineffective” and “costly.” Fundamentally, the current paradigm is “inconsistent”...
