FSEEE Fire Retardant Lawsuit Fuels Media Coverage

FSEEE Fire Retardant Lawsuit Fuels Media Coverage

FSEEE’s recently filed lawsuit — which seeks to stop the Forest Service from polluting waterways with aerial fire retardant and force the agency to adhere to the Clean Water Act — has received a flurry of media attention. E&E News characterizes our lawsuit...
FSEEE Sues Forest Service Over Fire Retardant

FSEEE Sues Forest Service Over Fire Retardant

Sixty days have passed since FSEEE delivered a notice of intent to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service for its use of fire retardant in violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Forest Service has not responded, so we have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District...
Is Fire Retardant Effective?

Is Fire Retardant Effective?

The Forest Service is supplementing its aerial fire retardant environmental impact statement that FSEEE’s lawsuits forced to be written in 2011. Those cases imposed no-drop zones around water and rare plant critical habitat. Fire retardant is the red slurry dumped...