July 3, 2022 — FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl’s criticism of aerial fire retardant use by the Forest Service went out on the Associated Press newswire in an article written by Keith Ridler. Timothy Ingalsbee, executive director of … More
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FSEEE Notifies Forest Service of Clean Water Act Lawsuit
June 26, 2022 — FSEEE has delivered a notice of intent to file a lawsuit against the Forest Service for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The CWA prohibits the discharge of pollutants into U.S. waters without … More
Is Fire Retardant Effective?
June 6, 2022 — The Forest Service is supplementing its aerial fire retardant environmental impact statement that FSEEE’s lawsuits forced to be written in 2011. Those cases imposed no-drop zones around water and rare plant critical habitat. Fire … More
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
FSEEE Wins Injunction Against Post-fire Logging in Oregon
November 8, 2021 — A federal judge agreed with FSEEE, blocking most of a Willamette National Forest commercial logging project that would affect habitat for the northern spotted owl, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species … More
FSEEE Files Lawsuit to Stop Post-fire Logging in Oregon
October 25, 2021 — As reported by the Statesman Journal, FSEEE has filed a lawsuit against the Forest Service over a commercial logging plan to harvest at least 15,000 acres of so-called “hazard trees” along 404 miles of … More
FSEEE Reiterates Concerns About Aerial Fire Retardant
September 30, 2021 — Autumn Spanne with Environmental Health News recently spoke with FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl about the increasing use of fire retardant in the western U.S. Spanne’s article cites a significant increase in aerial wildfire … More
FSEEE Weighs in on Wildfire Policy Debate
August 3, 2021 — A Los Angeles Times article by Anita Chabria and Alex Wigglesworth cites FSEEE Executive Director Andy Stahl in the debate about the U.S. Forest Service “let it burn” wildfire policy. Andy told the Times … More
New Forest Service Rules Aim to Prevent Wildfires Sparked by Power Lines
July 15, 2020 — By Monica Samayoa — The U.S. Forest Service is adopting a new rule meant to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires on public lands like California’s deadly, destructive 2018 Camp Fire. The Forest Service’s new … More
Relict Dace Endangered Species Act Decision Expected by End of September
July 2, 2020 — By Scott King Although it’s small in size, Nevada’s relict dace has become a big name in recent conservation efforts, as a petition and a lawsuit have been put forth to protect the fish … More