by FSEEE | Jun 1, 2018 | Briefly
Utah Sen. Mike Lee has introduced a bill that would open wilderness areas to mountain bikes, matching similar legislation making its way through the House of Representatives. Lee’s bill would give federal land managers a two-year window to determine whether mountain...
by FSEEE | May 25, 2018 | Briefly
What’s some people’s idea of a good time? Taking that four-wheel drive and tearing through a wild meadow! The latest incident of illegal “mud bogging” on national forests has done extensive damage to a wet meadow in Idaho. Boise National Forest officials believe the...
by FSEEE | May 1, 2018 | Briefly
A trio of conservation groups is challenging a proposal to build a natural gas pipeline across Ohio’s Wayne National Forest. Yesterday, the Ohio Environmental Council, the Sierra Club and the Center for Biodiversity filed a motion to intervene in the permitting...
by FSEEE | Apr 19, 2018 | Briefly
America’s urban forests are on the decline. Forest Service researchers found that tree cover in cities and towns dropped by about 175,000 acres per year between 2009 and 2014. That corresponds to a loss of about 36 million trees annually. Over the same period, the...
by FSEEE | Mar 21, 2018 | Briefly
Bureau of Land Management officials secured bids yesterday for oil and gas leases on dozens of parcels in Utah, including land near the Bears Ears, Canyons of the Ancients and Hovenweep national monuments. Oil and gas companies offered nearly $1.5 million for the...
