by FSEEE | Jul 26, 2017 | Briefly
Guess who just came out in favor of declaring Oregon’s Devil’s Staircase an official wilderness area? Donald Trump. (Or his administration, at least.) In written testimony submitted earlier today to a Senate subcommittee, Forest Service Deputy Chief Glenn...
by FSEEE | Jul 11, 2017 | Briefly
Jury selection began this week as the government tries once again to secure convictions against four men who brought assault-style rifles to a 2014 standoff between federal agents and supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy. The government’s first attempt to...
by FSEEE | Jun 8, 2017 | Briefly
A proposal to dig a $2 billion, mile-wide, half-mile-deep copper mine in southern Arizona cleared a significant hurdle yesterday when the Forest Service granted formal approval for the controversial project. Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals wants to dig the mine in the...
by FSEEE | May 16, 2017 | Briefly
Two Republican lawmakers from Colorado have introduced legislation that calls for moving the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters from the nation’s capital to a western state. Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Scott Tipton introduced the legislation earlier this month....
