Not for Sale

Not for Sale

This year, the American people made their values unmistakably clear: our public lands are not for sale. In an era when billionaires treat mountaintops like private playgrounds and corporations eye our forests for profit, one might wonder whether the notion of land...
Do Muskrats Herald Twilight?

Do Muskrats Herald Twilight?

During his first term, President Trump signed into law the 30,000-acre Devil’s Staircase Wilderness, an Oregon coastal rainforest. President Biden, on the other hand, added zero national forest acres to the wilderness system. During Trump’s first term, the Forest...
Time to Jump Ship

Time to Jump Ship

Transferring the U.S. Forest Service to the Department of the Interior When the Titanic was taking on water, the survivors didn’t hesitate to abandon ship. Staying aboard a sinking vessel wasn’t an act of loyalty; it was a death sentence. The Forest Service, steaming...

Gutting the Forest Service Workforce

Amazon announced last month that revenue forecasts require that it cut staffing at its fulfillment warehouses. “We’re forced to lay off all of our package handlers,” said Jeff Bezos. “They’re our cheapest labor and lowest in our corporate hierarchy so, obviously,...