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...
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...
