by FSEEE | Mar 1, 2017 | Dispatch
The question of whether states should be given management responsibilities for federal lands raises impassioned arguments over the best use of wide swaths of the American West. Often lost in that debate is little-noticed research that has serious dollars-and-cents...
by FSEEE | Feb 16, 2017 | Dispatch
Federal wildlife officials have launched a series of public forums to discuss a proposal to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascade Mountains of Washington state and British Columbia. Plans call for reestablishing a population of about 200 grizzlies in the...
by FSEEE | Feb 8, 2017 | Dispatch
In a move widely viewed as a nod toward proponents of local control of public lands, the House of Representatives yesterday voted to scrap a new rule governing planning conducted by the Bureau of Land Management. Supporters of the “Planning 2.0” rule say it would...
by FSEEE | Feb 2, 2017 | Dispatch
Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz announced last night that he will withdraw a bill that called for transferring more than 3 million acres of federal land to state ownership. The Republican’s abrupt move came after a fierce public backlash, including from hunters and...
by FSEEE | Jan 25, 2017 | Dispatch
A federal judge has delivered a stinging rebuke to the Forest Service, ruling the agency violated the Wilderness Act by sanctioning the use of helicopters in Idaho’s Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness last year. U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill...
