by FSEEE | Mar 1, 2018 | Dispatch
A Forest Service proposal released today calls for rerouting a trail in Montana that crosses private land. That trail and others in the Crazy Mountains have been the focus of long-simmering disputes between the agency and local landowners. The plan calls for building...
by FSEEE | Feb 26, 2018 | Dispatch
Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced last week that a wild stretch of mountains in southwestern Oregon will remain protected from strip mining, handing conservationists a rare public-lands victory under the Trump administration. Panama-based Red...
by FSEEE | Feb 20, 2018 | Dispatch
Does a bear poop in the woods? You bet—and that has a profound impact on the surrounding forest. A study by researchers at Oregon State University shows that brown and black bears in Southeast Alaska are the primary seed dispersers of devil’s club, a dominant shrub in...
by FSEEE | Feb 15, 2018 | Dispatch
Forest Service officials will allow exploratory drilling for copper and gold next to the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, including in an inventoried roadless area. The decision, announced last week, drew swift rebuke from conservationists who say...
by FSEEE | Jan 23, 2018 | Dispatch
The Trump administration is taking steps to remove Canada lynx from the threatened and endangered species list, despite a 2016 analysis by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that found the cats will disappear from much of their range in the contiguous U.S. by the end...
