Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities

Active forest management, including thinning fire-prone forests, is a good way to reduce the risk of forest fires. Decades of lack of management have left federal forests overstocked with disease and insect ridden trees and standing dead timber that fuel

Overstocked federal forests are fueling massive catastrophic wildfires like the Labor Day fires that burned over 1 million acres in Oregon.  Despite the clear need to thin these forests to reduce wildfire risks, Oregon’s senators want to further restrict federal

The following is a recent position paper from our partners at Citizens for Sensible Forest Management, a grassroots group of concerned citizens who are concerned about the future of our forests and communities.  Their position paper, which we support, articulates

Last month the Biden Administration issued a report suggesting United States must double or quadruple the rate at which it thins and removes dead wood from its forests to reduce the threat of wildfires. The call for increased forest management comes after

So far we’ve seen major forest fires from Wisconsin to New Jersey.  An active fire on New Mexico’s Lincoln National Forest is being described as a “wake-up call.”  Bone-dry conditions elsewhere in the west are stoking predictions of another bad

Anyone who pays taxes or recreates on national forests in Oregon should support the U.S. Forest Service’s efforts to remove dead and dying trees that pose safety hazards to the public.  In the face of liability concerns, failure to act

Rebuilding America’s infrastructure has been a bipartisan priority for years. Now it is Joe Biden’s turn. The president has unveiled a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that will fuel plenty of debate in the months ahead.  We hope both Republicans and

President Joe Biden signed an executive order setting a goal of protecting 30 percent of all U.S. lands and waters by 2030. What does “30×30” mean, and what does it “protect” these lands and waters from? According to the Natural