by FSEEE | Jan 19, 2017 | Dispatch
Sonny Perdue, a former Georgia governor who famously led a prayer vigil for rain outside the state Capitol during a drought, is president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Forest Service. Trump announced his choice...
by FSEEE | Jan 11, 2017 | Dispatch
On September 17, 2016, six fires sparked along a remote road on the Modoc National Forest in California—the presumed work of an arsonist. As is the case with 98 percent of wildfires, four of the fires were contained within just a few hours, each burning less than half...
by FSEEE | Jan 6, 2017 | Dispatch
January 6, 2017 — A project to remove lead from an abandoned shooting range on Arizona’s Prescott National Forest should be completed by the end of the month, Forest Service officials say. But the cost of the cleanup, covered by taxpayers, has generated criticism from...
by FSEEE | Dec 29, 2016 | Dispatch
December 29, 2016 — In a rebuke to the Bundy family and its supporters, President Obama yesterday designated 300,000 acres in southern Nevada as a national monument. Obama also protected 1.35 million acres of federal land in southeastern Utah by creating the Bears...
by FSEEE | Dec 21, 2016 | Dispatch
December 21, 2016 — The long, slow process of revising the landmark Northwest Forest Plan took a step forward this month with the release of a draft “science synthesis” that examines current conditions on 24 million acres of public land. A team of 45 scientists...
