A Win for Warblers

A Win for Warblers

Here’s an Endangered Species Act success story. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it intends to remove the Kirtland’s warbler from the threatened and endangered species list. The small songbird was one of the first species to be protected under...
Tree-sitters Oppose Appalachian Pipeline

Tree-sitters Oppose Appalachian Pipeline

Opponents of a $3.5 billion natural gas pipeline have taken to the trees in an effort to stop the controversial project, which would transect the Appalachian Mountains. Since late February, protesters have stationed themselves in trees in the Jefferson National Forest...
Future Bleak for Rare Pacific Martens

Future Bleak for Rare Pacific Martens

A subspecies of martens that lives along the Pacific Coast in California and Oregon will likely go extinct if nothing is done to help the animals, according to a study released this week. Pacific martens once lived in coastal forests throughout Oregon and northern...
Interim Forest Service Chief Named

Interim Forest Service Chief Named

A Forest Service manager with a background in wildfire management was tapped yesterday to lead the agency after the resignation of Chief Tony Tooke earlier this week. Vicki Christiansen has worked with the Forest Service since 2010, most recently as Deputy Chief for...
Feral Cattle and Dogs Menace California Monument

Feral Cattle and Dogs Menace California Monument

A recently established national monument in Southern California is being overrun—not by people, necessarily, but by feral cattle and pit bulls. President Obama created the Sand to Snow National Monument outside of Palm Springs in February 2016. Since then, visitors...