by FSEEE | Aug 31, 2026 | Dispatch, Fire Truth
Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz told a House subcommittee in July that the agency’s firefighting workforce is “stronger than at any point in recent years” and “fully staffed and equipped to respond aggressively to every unplanned...
by FSEEE | Jul 15, 2026 | Dispatch, In the News
Trump cuts the two national monuments by 90%. On Monday, July 13, President Trump signed a pair of executive orders cutting nearly 3 million acres out of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in southern Utah. That is roughly 90 percent of the...
by FSEEE | Jun 29, 2026 | Dispatch, Fire Truth
Across the United States, communities are working to prepare for a future shaped by more frequent floods, wildfires, droughts, and extreme weather events. From wildfire-prone neighborhoods in Colorado to flood-vulnerable towns in Mississippi, many communities rely on...
by FSEEE | Jun 23, 2026 | Dispatch, Fire Truth, Science Notes
Among members of the Karuk Tribe, whose ancestral lands encompass present-day Happy Camp (Athithúfvuunupma), California, fire is recognized not as an enemy but as one of the oldest teachers. For thousands of years, the Karuk have used low-intensity cultural burning to...
by FSEEE | Jun 18, 2026 | Dispatch, In the News, Roadless Rule
A new report in Biological Conservation coauthored by David Mildrexler, Logan Berner, Beverly Law, and Mary Booth concludes, “The justifications for rescinding the Roadless Rule are fiscally misguided and ecologically flawed.” The rescission, they write,...
