by FSEEE | May 11, 2025 | Briefly, Fire Truth
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics filed another federal lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service over the agency’s use of aerial fire retardant on May 7. In this latest complaint, FSEEE alleges that the Forest Service’s use of fire retardant...
by FSEEE | Apr 30, 2025 | Briefly
Various studies have shown that forests act as a buffer to climate extremes, creating micro-climates that support forest resilience and biodiversity. The authors of a new study, “Tree Diversity Increases Forest Temperature Buffering via Enhancing Canopy Density and...
by FSEEE | Apr 23, 2025 | Briefly
In a statement to investors, Compass Minerals announced that it “has decided to wind down its fire retardant business, Fortress North America,” as “part of a larger strategic refocus to improve the profitability of the company’s core Salt and Plant Nutrition...
by FSEEE | Apr 18, 2025 | Briefly
The extralegal firing of Forest Service employees by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” will undermine the agency’s firefighting capabilities. Musk’s pseudo-agency claimed that firefighters were exempt from the purge, but as reported by Kylie Mohr in...
by FSEEE | Apr 2, 2025 | Briefly
Buffalo clover (Trifolium reflexum) is listed as endangered by the State of Indiana, but this rare plant was discovered on the Hoosier National Forest following a prescribed burn. This patch of buffalo clover lives in an open canopy of dry oak forest adjacent to a...
