Forest Service to Allow Olympic National Forest War Games

Forest Service to Allow Olympic National Forest War Games

Forest Service officials have given the green light to a controversial plan to stage electronic warfare games on the Olympic National Forest in Washington state. The decision allows personnel from the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station to park three “mobile transmitter”...
Trump Administration and Senator Target District Ranger

Trump Administration and Senator Target District Ranger

When a sitting U.S. senator and a member of the president’s cabinet go after a Forest Service district ranger, guess who wins? Alex Sienkiewicz, who was “reassigned” last month from his post on Montana’s Custer Gallatin National Forest, is finding out the hard way....
Goodbye Goats?

Goodbye Goats?

Federal land managers will try once again to remove hundreds of nonnative mountain goats from the Olympic Mountains in Washington, hoping to reduce damage to rare plant communities and prevent conflicts between goats and humans. The National Park Service released a...
Congress Debates Land Swap for Minnesota Copper Mine

Congress Debates Land Swap for Minnesota Copper Mine

A land swap that could clear the way for a massive copper and nickel mine near Lake Superior in northern Minnesota will be up for debate during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing tomorrow. Minnesota Democrat Richard Nolan is the author of a bill that would...
Deep Workforce Cuts Proposed for BLM

Deep Workforce Cuts Proposed for BLM

As many as 1,000 jobs at the Bureau of Land Management may disappear next year, according to an email sent to agency employees last week by BLM Acting Director Mike Nedd, as the Trump administration works to sharply pare back the Interior Department’s budget. The 2018...