by FSEEE | Dec 18, 2017 | Sound Off
Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers had better be ready for a lot of detours in Oregon this summer. In November and December, after fire season-ending rain and snowstorms, the Forest Service issued orders closing three of Oregon’s most popular trail segments...
by FSEEE | Dec 8, 2017 | Sound Off
Could allowing mountain bikes in federally designated wilderness areas lead to world peace? That particular argument was not made during a House subcommittee hearing yesterday to consider H.R. 1349, a bill that would amend the 1964 Wilderness Act to allow mountain...
by FSEEE | Oct 6, 2017 | Sound Off
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has made no secret of his desire to acquire the U.S. Forest Service from the Department of Agriculture. Zinke’s zeal for restoring the Forest Service to Interior, where during its earliest years it resided, earned him a scolding from...
by FSEEE | Sep 26, 2017 | Sound Off
This summer was exceptionally hot and dry throughout much of the West, and those conditions, unsurprisingly, led to an abundance of wildfires. More than 8.5 million acres have burned across the nation, well above the 10-year annual average of about 5.8 million acres....
by FSEEE | Sep 1, 2017 | Sound Off
There’s certainly no shortage of bad bills being considered in Congress right now. This is a dangerous time for the environment, with anti-conservation forces ascendant in both chambers of Congress and in the White House. We’re focusing right now on one particularly...
