by FSEEE | Jan 29, 2018 | Briefly
The Forest Service is scaling back an environmental review of proposed mining in northern Minnesota in a move that critics say could threaten the Boundary Waters Canoe Area wilderness. Instead of conducting a full environmental impact statement, the Forest Service...
by FSEEE | Nov 27, 2017 | Briefly
Each year, thousands of birds are trapped after flying down ventilation pipes, chimneys, dryer vents and other types of pipes. A Wyoming-based bird advocacy group is working to change that by partnering with public land management agencies, including the Forest...
by FSEEE | Nov 20, 2017 | Briefly
The Forest Service has approved a controversial natural gas pipeline that would cut across two national forests in the Appalachian Mountains. Conservationists vowed to challenge the agency’s approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would span more than 600...
by FSEEE | Nov 13, 2017 | Briefly
The owners of a 747 passenger jet retrofitted to drop retardant and water on wildfires have won an appeal claiming the Forest Service has no basis for limiting the size of firefighting aircraft. In a decision issued last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office...
by FSEEE | Oct 16, 2017 | Briefly
A three-decade battle over an upscale resort community that a Texas billionaire wants to build high in the Colorado Rockies isn’t over yet. B.J. “Red” McCombs has long sought permission to construct the massive Village at Wolf Creek development at the base of the Wolf...
