by FSEEE | Jun 26, 2018 | Dispatch
In a trio of lawsuits, businesses and conservation groups are challenging a Trump administration decision to reinstate two expired mineral leases that could clear the way for industrial copper mining on the border of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Twin Metals...
by FSEEE | Jun 18, 2018 | Dispatch
The Northwest Forest Plan, the landmark 1994 compromise designed in large part to protect northern spotted owls, will not alone be sufficient to save the deep-forest bird, according to a new scientific report. Last week, the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research...
by FSEEE | Jun 7, 2018 | Dispatch
The Trump administration is working with Alaska state government officials on plans to exempt the Tongass National Forest from a rule that forbids new road construction in wild areas. Forest Service interim Chief Vicki Christiansen said in congressional testimony...
by FSEEE | Jun 5, 2018 | Dispatch
A Forest Service plan to regulate snowmobile use on California’s Tahoe National Forest is generating heated responses from those who want free rein to ride the machines where they wish. Some of those who have voiced support for placing limits on where snowmobiles can...
by FSEEE | May 16, 2018 | Dispatch
Conservationists are challenging a proposed old-growth timber sale on Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, saying it would harm wildlife, curtail tourism and cost taxpayers millions. The project calls for logging more than 500 acres of old-growth forest on North Kuiu...
