Posted December 3, 2022 — Urge Your U.S. Senators to Support HR 803 and Protect Wilderness
January 6, 2023
The preliminary response to FSEEE’s fire retardant lawsuit acknowledges that the Forest Service is acting illegally but then “denies each and every allegation of the [FSEEE] Complaint.” The FSEEE lawsuit alleges illegal discharge of … More
December 23, 2022 — It is no coincidence that the rise of collaborative groups described in Christopher Ketcham’s guest essay (Forest News Fall Edition) followed the demise of the Forest Service’s logging-at-all-costs era. With visions of warring parties … More
December 17, 2022 — When Congress passed the 2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Act, one of Barack Obama’s major public lands initiatives, it included a provision for a new program of management of national forests that promised “collaborative, … More
December 12, 2022 — 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 … More
December 7, 2022 — If approved, a proposal to mine titanium and zirconium in southern Georgia will threaten the integrity of the Okefenokee Swamp, designated a Wetland of International Importance through the Ramsar Convention. Ninety percent of the … More
