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Gutting the Forest Service Workforce
Amazon announced last month that revenue forecasts require that it cut staffing at its fulfillment warehouses. “We’re forced to lay off all of...
No Safe Harbor for Water Polluters
For the sailor, a “safe harbor” provides refuge from the storm. In the law, a “safe harbor” gives legal immunity from a broad prohibition to...
National Whistleblower Day
In 1989, Forest Service timber sale planner Jeff DeBonis took the words of the Continental Congress to heart when he penned and distributed an...
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Prescribed Fire Promotes Buffalo Clover Recovery
Buffalo clover (Trifolium reflexum) is listed as endangered by the State of Indiana, but this rare plant was discovered on the Hoosier...
What can we Learn About Wildfire From Australia?
Five years ago, the Black Summer Bushfires burned more than 60 million acres in Australia. Between June 2019 and May 2020, hundreds of fires...
Good Samaritan Mining Law Finally Passes
by Jonathan P. Thompson In December 2024, President Joe Biden signed the Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act into law, opening the...
Report Reveals ‘Catastrophic’ Decline in Wildlife Numbers
Released in October 2024, the World Wildlife Federation’s (WWF’s) latest Living Planet Report cites a “catastrophic 73% decline in the average...
EXPLORE Act Enjoys Broad Support
On Jan. 6, President Biden signed into law the “Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act” (H.R. 6492). With bipartisan...
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Analysis Recommends Limits on Old-Growth Logging
In the Forest Service old-growth analysis released in June, the Biden administration recommends restricting — but not eliminating — old-growth...
Cheatgrass
'One of the most significant ecological crises facing land managers in the arid West' A report published in January, Cheatgrass Invasions:...
Old-Growth Forests
Can the Forest Service Kick its 100-year Addiction to Logging? President Biden was widely praised for Executive Order 14072, which ordered the...
Fire Truth
Cheatgrass
'One of the most significant ecological crises facing land managers in the arid West' A report...
Burned Redwoods Recover From 2020 Fire
In August 2020, the CZU Lightning Complex fire burned through Big Basin Redwoods State Park near...
How Homes Can Survive Wildfire
While there’s no historical evidence that Nero “fiddled while Rome burned,” there’s been plenty of...
Paying the Piper
In the 20th century, the Forest Service promised to build post-war America with logs cut from...
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