by FSEEE | Apr 4, 2022 | FSEEE in the News
Zach Urness with the Salem Statesman Journal reports that the Forest Service plans to reopen “some of the 170,000 acres” that were closed following Oregon wildfires that burned in 2020. The article indicates the Forest Service is “implementing a new...
by FSEEE | Jan 12, 2022 | Victories
After FSEEE won a preliminary injunction to halt the Willamette National Forest Danger Tree Reduction Project, the U.S. Forest Service has decided to withdraw the project. We’re sending out a big “Thank you!” to all of you who made donations to help...
by FSEEE | Dec 15, 2021 | Briefly
The Nature Conservancy has partnered with BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group through an initiative to sustainably manage forests in 11 U.S. states from the South to the Pacific Northwest. The initiative will address “the twin crises of biodiversity loss and...
by FSEEE | Dec 4, 2021 | In the News, Victories
As reported by E&E News, “The developer of an Oregon liquefied natural gas export terminal told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission … it would not move forward with the embattled … Jordan Cove project.” The project would have carried...
by FSEEE | Nov 21, 2021 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News, In the News
Noting that President Biden’s infrastructure bill allocates $3.3 billion for things like firefighter raises, prescribed fire and defending communities against wildfire, Kylie Mohr contacted FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl for an article in High Country News....
by FSEEE | Nov 18, 2021 | Briefly, Fire Truth
A peer-reviewed study published in September finds that severe wildfires were less common during the past three decades than they were prior to the 20th century. William Baker, professor emeritus at the University of Wyoming, authored the study, and his analysis...
by FSEEE | Nov 13, 2021 | Dispatch, Fire Truth
The Forest Service has halted the largest restoration effort of its kind, the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI), an effort to thin forests on 2.4 million acres of land in northern Arizona to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire. FSEEE has consistently...
by FSEEE | Nov 8, 2021 | Victories
A federal judge agreed with FSEEE, blocking most of a Willamette National Forest commercial logging project that would affect habitat for the northern spotted owl, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. In the Nov. 5 order granting the...
by FSEEE | Nov 4, 2021 | Dispatch
In July, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack named Randy Moore the new Forest Service chief. In announcing the appointment, Vilsack said, “Randy Moore has been a catalyst for change and creativity in carrying out the Forest Service’s mission to sustain the health,...
by FSEEE | Nov 1, 2021 | Briefly
The Biden administration’s commitment to the “30×30” goal of conserving 30% of the planet’s lands and waters by 2030 remains enigmatic, in part because the administration has changed the playing field. The original concept of conserving 30% of natural spaces...
