by FSEEE | May 5, 2026 | Investigation, Dispatch
Excerpts from ‘We are Bombarding America’s Forests With Roundup’ by Nate Halverson, Mother Jones … I steer my old Toyota Tacoma down a bumpy dirt road to where the Lassen National Forest gives way to private timberland. Lilly rides shotgun....
by FSEEE | Apr 13, 2026 | Dispatch
April 28 Update: The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn the 20-year mining ban protecting Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from mining, and President Trump signed the resolution to overturn the ban. Republicans, guided by the Project 2025 blueprint, may have dealt a...
by FSEEE | Mar 3, 2026 | Dispatch
Developers of a luxury subdivision near Vail, Colorado, got a big win when Judge Jia M. Cobb, a Biden appointee, ruled that the 1980 Alaska National Interest and Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) requires the Forest Service to provide “adequate access” for “reasonable...
by FSEEE | Feb 2, 2026 | In the News, Dispatch, Fire Truth
Judge Michael McShane, chief judge for the U.S. District Court of Oregon, struck down a 34-year-old environmental-law exemption used for wildfire logging. As reported by Alex Baumhardt for the Oregon Capital Chronicle, McShane’s ruling reversed recent Forest...
by FSEEE | Jan 12, 2026 | Dispatch
The Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (HFRA) establishes a legal framework ostensibly designed to protect communities and watersheds from catastrophic wildfire. The legislation authorizes “hazardous fuels reduction projects” across National Forest and BLM lands....
