by FSEEE | Apr 26, 2018 | Sound Off
On Tuesday, Vicki Christiansen made her first Hill appearance as Forest Service chief, albeit with an “interim” asterisk. Her written testimony focused on fire funding and “active forest management,” aka, logging: The funding and related work will support between...
by FSEEE | Mar 8, 2018 | Sound Off
With the Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service all without permanent directors, it’s anyone’s guess when the Forest Service can expect a new chief to replace the retired Tony Tooke. Here are FSEEE’s office...
by FSEEE | Feb 12, 2018 | Sound Off
You know the authoritarians are in charge when firefighters and cops get more money and everyone else gets less. That’s the bottom line in Trump’s FY 2019 Forest Service budget, which was released earlier today. Many dismiss the administration’s...
by FSEEE | Feb 1, 2018 | Sound Off
At 17 million acres, the Tongass is America’s largest national forest. Its 19 wilderness areas and two national monuments draw a million cruise-ship visitors annually, employing more than 7,400 recreation industry workers, and provide habitat that supports another...
by FSEEE | Jan 17, 2018 | Sound Off
Cliven Bundy is a free man. His cattle are free to roam the public estate. More than $1 million in unpaid grazing fees remains unpaid. The self-styled militia crowd is emboldened. Public land managers are demoralized. Somebody, please, put a tent over this circus. A...
