by FSEEE | Dec 14, 2016 | Dispatch
Despite wide public opposition, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management this week opened sections of Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to potential oil and gas drilling. The agency offered 17 parcels on the national forest for private companies to lease for the purpose of...
by FSEEE | Dec 9, 2016 | Dispatch
December 9, 2016 — The main contractor for the largest forest restoration project ever attempted on national forests will pay a former partner more than $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging fraud and breach of contract. Good Earth Power holds a contract with the...
by FSEEE | Nov 22, 2016 | Dispatch
November 22, 2016 — Forest Service officials this week gave a thumbs up to a controversial proposal to expand Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin ski area, including adding amenities designed to attract more summertime visitors. The expansion will add about 338 acres to the...
by FSEEE | Nov 18, 2016 | Dispatch
November 18, 2016 — A wide, wild swath of land in Montana sacred to the Blackfeet Nation gained protection from oil and gas drilling this week when Department of Interior officials canceled 15 energy exploration leases. The Badger-Two Medicine area spans 132,000 acres...
by FSEEE | Nov 14, 2016 | Dispatch
November 14, 2016 — During the long, bruising presidential campaign, relatively little was said about the management of public lands. In the days since the election, conservationists have expressed widespread dismay and fear that a Donald Trump administration will...
