December 7, 2016 Federal forest policies one big reason for worsening wildfires across U.S. Over 60 years of total fire suppression policy led to more intense fires that are more dangerous and difficult to extinguish. The cost of fire suppression, unsurprisingly,…
November 25, 2016 States proven to be best managers and protectors of public lands This Washington-centric approach to management stifles creative, collaborative solutions to competing interests that could be resolved at local, state, or regional levels without the…
November 23, 2016 Federal Lands Freedom Act will set off American energy renaissance Allowing states to regulate the energy resources on federal lands means more efficient and accountable management. States share the cost of the maintenance of…
November 21, 2016 POWDER KEG: 102 million dead trees on Forest Service lands in California The majority of the 102 million dead trees are located in ten counties in the southern and central Sierra Nevada region. The Forest Service…
November 14, 2016 EPA bureaucratic anxiety spikes in wake of Republican election victories U.S. EPA employees were in tears. Worried Energy Department staffers were offered counseling. Some federal employees were so depressed, they took time off. Others…
October 29, 2016 Border ranchers hold out hope for Trump wall “I live in a no-man’s land. I live in a land that is occupied by the Sinaloa drug cartel,” he sighed, pointing to mountains…
October 28, 2016 Wild horse crisis explodes under BLM, still no strategic plan While the inspector general’s review pointed to probable scenarios outlined by the BLM’s national director to reach targeted levels in three to five or…
October 26, 2016 “Very biased” former BLM employee on Oregon standoff jury gets called out “CAN A JUROR, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, WHO OPENS THEIR REMARKS IN DELIBERATIONS BY STATING,”I AM VERY BIASED…” BE…
October 26, 2016 Sequoia National Forest set ablaze by illegal with criminal record Angel Gilberto Garcia-Avalos had been deported five times in just the past four years, yet each time he has managed to sneak from Mexico back into…
October 24, 2016 Escalating wolf kills alarm Oregon cattlemen, wildlife biologists ‘If you had told me five years ago we would be dealing with these kinds of situations, I would have told you you’re nuts.’…
