June 16, 2017 National monument status exposes Giant Sequoia to major fire danger The forest’s “monument” status has prevented the U.S. Forest Service from performing routine maintenance such as thinning trees and clearing out dead brush. The…
June 15, 2017 Oregon Cattlemen sue feds over failure to delist gray wolves as endangered Todd Nash, the Cattlemen’s wolf committee chairman, said the absence of a completed analysis three years after U.S. Fish and Wildlife closed its public…
June 14, 2017 Forest Service failure to clear dead, diseased trees, prompts closure of Oregon campground “The point is they’ve taken time off work. They’ve rented RVs,” Campbell said. “Their vacations are ruined because the U.S. Forest Service did not…
June 10, 2017 How environmentalist litigation is sending our national forests up in smoke “Our national forests are dying from neglect. Rather than channeling dollars to active forest management to reduce the risk of wildfire, the Federal government…
June 9, 2017 Federal environmental hazard, EPA, gets scaled way back in Trump budget The White House’s budget calls for a 31 percent cut to EPA’s 2018 budget. It gives the Department of State a 29 percent cut,…
June 8, 2017 Justice Department Ends Government Bankrolling of Liberal Groups in Legal Settlements The federal government no longer will make settlement agreements with any person or organization not directly involved in a legal dispute, Attorney General Jeff…
June 5, 2017 Bad federal forest management sapping Montana timber counties “…it’s critical to also fix the greater problem of mismanaged federal land that is keeping local communities in western Montana from responsibly managing their…
May 31, 2017 Forestry 101: Log it, thin it, or watch it burn Fire is natural to forested landscapes in the West. Most people understand the difference between natural low-intensity fires and catastrophic, stand-replacing crown fires. In…
May 25, 2017 Times’ Green Baloney Times’ Green Baloney John Stossel Posted: May 24, 2017 12:01 AM The New York Times’ hostility to industry gets worse every day. Last…
May 18, 2017 Utah Senators wants to throw out Obama-era BLM policies, start fresh “A court-ordered deadline for publishing RMPs (resource management plans) resulted in BLM rushing its plans from the start, cutting out local voices in the…
