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...
by FSEEE | Jan 20, 2017 | Dispatch
Today marks the beginning of a new era for our public lands. There are many questions yet to be answered: Who will become the chief of the Forest Service? What strategies will the new administration pursue for our public lands? How far will Congress go to weaken our...
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...
