by Joe Stone | Dec 12, 2022 | Fire Truth, In Depth
On the night of October 8, 1871, in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, “all hell rode into town on the back of a wind.” In two hours, the Peshtigo Fire decimated a swath of forest 10 miles wide by 40 miles long and obliterated the towns of Peshtigo and Brussels in northeastern...
by FSEEE | Nov 29, 2022 | Briefly, Fire Truth
After the Forest Service ignited a prescribed fire that became the largest wildfire in New Mexico history, Chief Randy Moore ordered a national review of the agency’s prescribed fire program. Published this fall, the review identifies 52 recommendations. Seven...
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...
by FSEEE | Oct 17, 2022 | FSEEE in the News
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...
by FSEEE | Oct 13, 2022 | Inside FSEEE
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...
