by FSEEE | May 29, 2026 | In the News, Victory
Reporting for New Orleans-based Verite News, Tristan Baurick writes that Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy has abandoned his plan to transfer 140,000 acres of Kisatchie National Forest to Grant Parish after his bill “sparked outrage from conservationists and parish...
by FSEEE | May 7, 2026 | In the News, FS Reorganization
The unfolding Forest Service reorganization targets important scientific facilities along with ongoing research projects. Current nationwide Forest Service research stations will be consolidated down to the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Colorado, and 75% of...
by FSEEE | Mar 31, 2026 | In the News
The Forest Service has announced it will move its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, Utah, and begin “a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the forests and communities it serves.” The Forest Service posted...
by FSEEE | Feb 2, 2026 | In the News, Dispatch, Fire Truth
Judge Michael McShane, chief judge for the U.S. District Court of Oregon, struck down a 34-year-old environmental-law exemption used for wildfire logging. As reported by Alex Baumhardt for the Oregon Capital Chronicle, McShane’s ruling reversed recent Forest...
by FSEEE | Jan 24, 2026 | In the News
Congress provides no funding for new agency. The Department of the Interior recently announced the next steps in establishing the U.S. Wildland Fire Service and named Brian Fennessy to lead the new agency, even though the final version of the Congressional...
