by Joe Stone | May 18, 2022 | Fire Truth, In Depth
Hailed as “Great news!” by Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocates about $5.5 billion in additional funding for the Forest Service. In a prepared statement, Moore said the new funding will support an increase in...
by FSEEE | Aug 3, 2021 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News
A Los Angeles Times article by Anita Chabria and Alex Wigglesworth cites FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl in the debate about the U.S. Forest Service “let it burn” wildfire policy. Andy told the Times that, “despite the devastating outcomes, the problem isn’t the...
by FSEEE | May 3, 2021 | FSEEE in the News, In the News
Associated Press journalist Patty Nieberg recently reported on the grounding of the world’s largest firefighting plane, the Global SuperTanker, based in Colorado. She contacted FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl for an expert opinion: “Some fire experts,...
by FSEEE | Sep 14, 2020 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News
By Joan Meiners in The Spectrum — If you’ve spent any time in the west this summer, you’ve seen the skies fill with smoke from wildfires, prompting thousands of firefighters to be called to the front lines to fight the flames. One of the tools in their arsenal is...
by FSEEE | Jul 22, 2020 | FSEEE in the News
By Marc Heller — This wildfire season could be a banner year for chemical fire retardants. The COVID-19 pandemic is part of the reason. With the Forest Service under pressure to stop wildfires before they become big enough to require big fire crews on the ground,...
by Andy Stahl | Aug 23, 2024 | Sound Off
For the sailor, a “safe harbor” provides refuge from the storm. In the law, a “safe harbor” gives legal immunity from a broad prohibition to accommodate certain narrow, desirable conduct. For example, when a landowner voluntarily agrees to protect habitat for an...
by FSEEE | Aug 28, 2023 | Action Alert
We need your help to stop the Forest Service from polluting invaluable water resources with aerial fire retardant. While our lawsuit has forced the Forest Service to apply for a permit as required by the Clean Water Act, members of Congress have introduced legislation...
by FSEEE | Jul 4, 2023 | Fire Truth, FSEEE in the News
FSEEE is featured on the front page of the July 3 issue of the Los Angeles Times in Hayley Smith’s article about fire retardant. Smith accurately points out some of the problems with Phos-Chek, the widely used red retardant that contains ammonium phosphate....
by FSEEE | Mar 9, 2023 | Action Alert
Contact Your Senators Today. We need your help to stop the Forest Service from polluting invaluable water resources with aerial fire retardant. In response to our lawsuit to force the Forest Service to follow the law, members of Congress have introduced HR 1586, which...
by FSEEE | Nov 24, 2022 | FSEEE in the News
Alex Wilson, reporting for VC Reporter, recently covered our lawsuit against the Forest Service challenging its use of aerial fire retardant. He writes, “When environmental activist Andy Stahl heard that last month’s battle to extinguish the Howard Fire in the...
