FSEEE Weighs in on Wilderness User Fees

FSEEE Weighs in on Wilderness User Fees

Last month, the Forest Service proposed levying fees for entering three wilderness areas the agency oversees in Oregon, even for hikers and campers. FSEEE opposes the move. Here’s a letter Executive Director Andy Stahl wrote to the agency this week outlining our...
FSEEE Opposes Natural Gas Pipeline in Oregon

FSEEE Opposes Natural Gas Pipeline in Oregon

FSEEE is weighing in on a controversial proposal to build a high-pressure natural gas pipeline that would span a wide stretch of southwest Oregon, including portions of three national forests. Our argument? It’s illegal, plain and simple. When Congress created our...
Devil’s Staircase: A Place Like No Other

Devil’s Staircase: A Place Like No Other

FSEEE has long championed protecting the spectacular Devil’s Staircase in Oregon’s Coast Range as a designated wilderness area. For a first-person account of a trip to the rugged region—and its signature feature, a naturally terraced waterfall surrounded by old-growth...
FSEEE: The Fires Are Out, Let the People In

FSEEE: The Fires Are Out, Let the People In

FSEEE yesterday filed a petition calling for the supervisor of the Willamette National Forest in Oregon to immediately end closure notices stemming from wildfires that burned last summer. In a three-page letter to Willamette National Forest Supervisor Tracy Beck,...
Preparing for “Emergencies”

Preparing for “Emergencies”

Fighting fires has emerged as the Forest Service’s top task, consuming more than half of the agency’s budget. And yet Forest Service administrators contend they do not have to conduct any environmental review of tactics used in managing wildfires, because each fire is...