by FSEEE | Sep 6, 2017 | Dispatch
A coalition of conservation groups is challenging a draft Forest Service decision to allow a Virginia energy company to build a $5 billion, 600-mile-long natural gas pipeline that would cross two national forests. The Forest Service issued its draft decision in July....
by FSEEE | Aug 29, 2017 | Dispatch
Here’s some new buzz about how bees benefit from wildfires. Preliminary findings by a team of researchers at Oregon State University indicate that bees thrive in the openings created by high-severity wildfires. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that...
by FSEEE | Aug 24, 2017 | Dispatch
No national monument designations will be rescinded but the Trump administration should shrink the size of a “handful” of monuments, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said today in comments to the Associated Press. Today is the deadline for Zinke to send a report to Trump...
by FSEEE | Aug 22, 2017 | Dispatch
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has named a fellow Southerner as the next chief of the Forest Service. Tony Tooke, who is regional forester for the agency’s southern region, will succeed Tom Tidwell, whose last day on the job will be September 1. Tooke, who grew...
by FSEEE | Aug 18, 2017 | Dispatch
The Trump administration announced today that U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell is retiring from the agency. His last day in office will be September 1. “From the start, we have relied on Chief Tidwell’s experience and counsel, drawing on his years of experience...