November 15, 2018 2016 bill vetoed by Moonbeam could have averted devastation in California The bill also required the CPUC to work with utilities to mitigate wildfire risks, including putting transmission lines underground if necessary. The bill passed through…
November 14, 2018 Land management policies, population growth at root of California wildfires Indeed, the latest National Climate Assessment special report found there’s only a “low to medium confidence for a detectable human climate change contribution in…
October 17, 2018 Utah ranchers try to rebuild after cattle killed in horrific wildfires As a result of the recent Coal Hollow and the Pole Creek fires we have discovered 62 individual burned and dead cattle. We have…
January 3, 2018 Bacteria used to battle oil spills and cheatgrass Two strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens bacterium, named D-7 and MB-906, are being used because they can be applied in areas where perennial grasses and…
December 13, 2017 Oregon’s Walden supports wild horse grazing for wildfire mitigation “I still like the idea of the horse and I would love to see a controlled area with them to really see what they…
December 8, 2017 California predator policies devastate grazing wildlife, exacerbate wildfires Catastrophic wildfire is not part of any normal ‘healthy’ fire-cycle in forests and are not natural processes. These catastrophic wildfires are however the result…
November 6, 2017 Utah enviros oppose pro-sage grouse tree-removal project The study found that sage grouse breeding does not occur where pinyon-juniper occupies more than 4 percent of the land area. Wildlife biologists say…
October 25, 2017 Environmentalist-driven policies are destroying forests, agricultural lands “Time and again, we see vivid boundaries between the young, healthy, growing forests managed by state, local, and private landholders, and the choked, dying,…
October 16, 2017 Utah wildfires reignite debate over constitutional state control of public lands State-held lands tend to be managed more for resource extraction and economic development than federal lands, for historical, legal, and political reasons, says Eric…
October 9, 2017 Nanny-state Forest Service has priorities all out of whack The lack of management that has caused the death and destruction of massive swaths of forestland is not entirely the Forest Service’s fault, of…
