Agencies Miss Deadline for Firefighting Consolidation

Agencies Miss Deadline for Firefighting Consolidation

The Forest Service and other federal agencies have missed the deadline of Sept. 10, to implement President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14308 mandating consolidation of federal firefighting into a single agency in the Department of Interior. Citing...
Agencies Miss Deadline for Firefighting Consolidation

Trump Orders Consolidation of Fire Agencies

Citing “the devastation of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires,” President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14308 on June 12, 2025, mandating the consolidation of federal firefighting under a single agency. Trump’s EO echoes his “Big, Beautiful...
What can we Learn About Wildfire From Australia?

What can we Learn About Wildfire From Australia?

Five years ago, the Black Summer Bushfires burned more than 60 million acres in Australia. Between June 2019 and May 2020, hundreds of fires burned, mainly in southeastern Australia. Like the recent fires in Los Angeles, Australian bushfires are driven by high winds....
Northwest Forest Plan Amendment

Northwest Forest Plan Amendment

The Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP), adopted in 1994 during Bill Clinton’s administration, covers 24.5 million acres in Washington, Oregon, and northern California. The NWFP was created in response to logging practices that decimated old-growth forests, created expansive...
Logging Threatens Fens on White River NF

Logging Threatens Fens on White River NF

The Lakeview Project on the White River National Forest in Colorado proposes to employ “commercial thinning” in the 6,661-acre project area, much of which is characterized by wetlands, including irreplaceable fens. According to the Notice of Proposed Action (NOPA)...