Oil, Logging, Mining Ordered as Forest Service Focus

Oil, Logging, Mining Ordered as Forest Service Focus

By Bobby Magill, Bloomberg Law — Oil, logging, mining, and grazing will be the priorities of national forests and grasslands, with expedited environmental oversight, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told the U.S. Forest Service Friday. Perdue‘s memo announced a...
The Roundup for May 19, 2017

The Roundup for May 19, 2017

Go West, BLM? – FSEEE Two Republican lawmakers from Colorado have introduced legislation that calls for moving the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters from the nation’s capital to a western state. Timber! Loggers hope to fire up chain saws with help of...
The Roundup for May 12, 2017

The Roundup for May 12, 2017

Senate unexpectedly rejects bid to repeal a key Obama-era environmental regulation – The Washington Post The Senate on Wednesday narrowly blocked a resolution to repeal an Obama-era rule restricting methane emissions from drilling operations on public lands —...
The Roundup for April 7, 2017

The Roundup for April 7, 2017

Objections to Olympic National Forest War Games Rejected – FSEEE Olympic National Forest officials have largely dismissed objections filed by more than 100 people opposed to a Navy plan to conduct electronic warfare drills on the forest. Interior Department...