Objections to Olympic National Forest War Games Rejected

Objections to Olympic National Forest War Games Rejected

Olympic National Forest officials have largely dismissed objections filed by more than 100 people opposed to a Navy plan to conduct electronic warfare drills on the forest. In a letter dated March 29, forest supervisor Reta Laford wrote that the Forest Service’s draft...
Trump Rescinds Obama Environmental Protection Measures

Trump Rescinds Obama Environmental Protection Measures

Donald Trump’s assault on Obama administration environmental protection measures continued this week as the president signed an executive order to remove regulations governing coal, oil and gas production, including on public lands. One of the measures in the...
Forest Service Asks Public’s Help with Trail Maintenance

Forest Service Asks Public’s Help with Trail Maintenance

How do you maintain 158,000 miles of trails on a shoestring budget? Ask for volunteers. The U.S. Forest Service manages more miles of trails than any other government agency. But with firefighting consuming an ever-growing share of the budget, agency officials are...
Trump Budget Would Slash Environmental Programs, Research

Trump Budget Would Slash Environmental Programs, Research

Scientific research and environmental protection programs would suffer major cuts under a proposed budget outline released this morning by the Trump administration. By percentage, Trump’s budget calls for double-digit reductions in funding for the Environmental...
Nevada Rancher Hage Loses in Court

Nevada Rancher Hage Loses in Court

A Nevada ranching family that battled federal land managers for decades must remove its cattle from public lands and pay $587,294 in fines for “repeated willful unauthorized grazing.” Wayne N. Hage must file a statement of compliance by mid April or face a contempt of...