by FSEEE | Dec 17, 2024 | Dispatch
The Lakeview Project on the White River National Forest in Colorado proposes to employ “commercial thinning” in the 6,661-acre project area, much of which is characterized by wetlands, including irreplaceable fens. According to the Notice of Proposed Action (NOPA)...
by FSEEE | Dec 8, 2024 | Dispatch
In 1948, Idaho Fish and Game began parachuting “nuisance” beavers into the backcountry in spring-loaded boxes that opened upon landing. The “nuisance” began in the wake of WWII as prosperity returned to the nation and more reliable automobiles allowed people to...
by FSEEE | Aug 17, 2024 | Dispatch, In the News
Federal Judge Dana Christensen halted the Horsefly Vegetation Project in the Little Belt Mountains in Lewis and Clark National Forest. Judge Kathleen DeSoto had ruled that both the Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hadn’t properly considered a...
by FSEEE | Aug 9, 2024 | Dispatch, In the News
Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise is the pro-Trump playbook produced as the centerpiece of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 agenda. The 920-page manifesto lays out a plan “to address and reform the failings of big government and an undemocratic...
by FSEEE | Apr 23, 2024 | Dispatch
Reaching 11,918 feet above sea level, Mt. Charleston is the highest peak in the Spring Mountains, a forested oasis on the Toiyabe National Forest west of Las Vegas. Because of its high elevation and drastically different ecosystem than the surrounding Mojave Desert,...
