August 3, 2017 Forest Service doesn’t need more money, it needs professional foresters, common sense [paypal_donation_button] Early in the Obama Administration, for instance, the government suddenly had $1 trillion for “shovel-ready” projects, and pumped $1 billion into the Forest…
July 29, 2017 Grazing on Montana wildlife refuge last resort for wildfire-stricken ranchers [paypal_donation_button] “I sent him a letter asking that he open immediate prescriptive grazing on the Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge,” Swanson said. “The CMR…
July 26, 2017 Fake News River: EPA accounts of Gold King Mine spill deceptive, misleading The line that the EPA crew never intended to breach the natural plug (blockage) is flatly contradicted by a recently released Interior Department email…
July 24, 2017 Hanging Lake: Iconic Colorado trail threatened by excessive tourist traffic Hanging Lake is one of Colorado’s true gems, a turquoise splendor whose beauty is being eroded, officials believe, by a massive increase in user…
July 22, 2017 Good forestry reduces greenhouse gasses because healthy trees store more CO2 The forestry “double-hitter” is that trees harvested to be crafted into locally produced furniture are replaced with more trees. They grow quickly in renewed…
July 15, 2017 Despite agreement, Montana helicopter fleet stays grounded in busy wildfire season “Regarding the issue relative to the Department of Agriculture, there appears to be an ongoing refusal on the part of the federal government and…
July 7, 2017 Why the environment is better off with beef cattle Beef producers also want to care for their land, because we only have a limited amount and it keeps shrinking every day, month, and…
July 7, 2017 Wildfires ravage 3.2 million acres in 2017, and it’s only July As of July 7, wildfires have consumed nearly 3.2 million acres throughout the country, and have impacted states from Alaska to Florida. Only a…
July 6, 2017 IG cleared EPA of wrongdoing in Gold King Mine disaster using information from known liar The IG referred the unidentified EPA employee to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution for making false claims to investigators and for violations…
June 27, 2017 Catastrophic wildfires bring urgency to Resilient Federal Forests Act Such destructive and ever-larger wildfires are a perennial event, and each year various agencies must brace–under tight budgets and limited resources–for long, busy months…
