April 6, 2022 — Reporting for the Associated Press, Jessica Gresko writes that the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a Trump-era Clean Water Act rule today. The rule “curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block … More
Category: In the News
Jordan Cove Gas Project Dies; FSEEE Helped Kill It
December 4, 2021 — As reported by E&E News, “The developer of an Oregon liquefied natural gas export terminal told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission … it would not move forward with the embattled … Jordan Cove project.” … More
Biden Administration Moves to Reverse Trump’s Tongass Actions
July 16, 2021 — As reported by Juliet Eilperin in The Washington Post, the Biden administration recently announced new protections for the Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska, including an end to large-scale old-growth logging and a proposal … More
FSEEE Comments on Grounding of World’s Largest Firefighting Plane
May 3, 2021 — Associated Press journalist Patty Nieberg recently reported on the grounding of the world’s largest firefighting plane, the Global SuperTanker, based in Colorado. She contacted FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl for an expert opinion: “Some … More
Fish and Wildlife Service proposes protections for whitebark pine, a keystone species
December 26, 2020 — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service News Release New proposed conservation protections for the whitebark pine, an emblem of the American West, would aim to bolster new and ongoing conservation actions for the species’ recovery … More
Trump officials rush to auction off rights to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before Biden can block it
November 16, 2020 — By Juliet Eilperin — The Trump administration is asking oil and gas firms to pick spots where they want to drill in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as it races to open the pristine … More
Eleven Alaska Native tribes offer new way forward on managing the Tongass
October 10, 2020 — By Anna V. Smith — In the early fall of 2018, Marina Anderson sped down the rough road connecting one side of Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island to the other. She had only a few … More
Trump Administration Moves To Expand Development In Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
October 4, 2020 — By Laurel Wamsley and Scott Neuman — The Trump administration has cleared the way to open the country’s largest national forest to more development and logging. In a revised environmental impact study made public … More
‘Timber Wars’ podcast goes live
September 25, 2020 — “Timber Wars,” a podcast from Oregon Public Broadcasting, is now available online. The new podcast tells the story of how a small group of activists and scientists turned the fight over old-growth trees and … More
Opinion: Look to wildfires history to better prepare for next one
September 20, 2020 — By Guest Columnist Tom Spies — Spies is an emeritus scientist with the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. He lives in Corvallis. The devastating wildfires in western Oregon have caused tragic losses … More