by FSEEE | Sep 25, 2020 | FSEEE in the News, In the News
“Timber Wars,” a podcast from Oregon Public Broadcasting, is now available online. The new podcast tells the story of how a small group of activists and scientists turned the fight over old-growth trees and the northern spotted owl into one of the biggest...
by FSEEE | Sep 18, 2020 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News
By James Anderson and Matthew Brown — Justin Silvera came off the fire lines in Northern California after a grueling 36 straight days battling wildfires and evacuating residents ahead of the flames. Before that, he and his crew had worked for 20 days, followed by a...
by FSEEE | Sep 14, 2020 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News
By Joan Meiners in The Spectrum — If you’ve spent any time in the west this summer, you’ve seen the skies fill with smoke from wildfires, prompting thousands of firefighters to be called to the front lines to fight the flames. One of the tools in their arsenal is...
by FSEEE | Sep 3, 2020 | FSEEE in the News
By Angus M. Thuermer Jr. — Gov. Mark Gordon signed an agreement Aug. 25 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that gives the state more say in “active management” of national forests in Wyoming including logging, firefighting and invasive weed control. Critics...
by FSEEE | Jul 22, 2020 | FSEEE in the News
By Marc Heller — This wildfire season could be a banner year for chemical fire retardants. The COVID-19 pandemic is part of the reason. With the Forest Service under pressure to stop wildfires before they become big enough to require big fire crews on the ground,...
