by Andy Stahl | Nov 21, 2024 | Fire Truth, Sound Off
The calendar reminds me that this is the time of year for nonprofits to ask their members for a year-end donation. Your contribution ensures we can continue protecting our national forests, defend whistleblowers, and promote a positive environmental ethic within our...
by FSEEE | Jul 18, 2024 | Briefly, Fire Truth
The Darlene 3 Fire started Tuesday, June 25, a mile from the town of La Pine, Oregon, near Bend. Writing for the Capital Press, Morgan Owen and Michael Kohn reported that firefighters responded quickly, establishing “a full perimeter line around the fire Tuesday...
by Joe Stone | May 13, 2024 | Fire Truth, In Depth
‘One of the most significant ecological crises facing land managers in the arid West’ A report published in January, Cheatgrass Invasions: History, Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, by Western Watershed Projects is the source of the above quote....
by FSEEE | May 7, 2024 | Briefly, Fire Truth
In August 2020, the CZU Lightning Complex fire burned through Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Santa Cruz, California, consuming all of the foliage on some of the oldest redwoods. “It was shocking…. It really seemed like most of the trees were going to die,”...
by Joe Stone | Nov 15, 2023 | Fire Truth, In Depth
While there’s no historical evidence that Nero “fiddled while Rome burned,” there’s been plenty of fiddling in our forests while homes and communities burn in the American West. Jack Cohen has not been fiddling. His decades-long research at the Forest Service Missoula...