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Our forests are highly vulnerable to catastrophic fire and disease, which threatens our environment and economy.

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Our forests are highly vulnerable to catastrophic fire and disease, which threatens our environment and economy.

Wildfires produce toxic smoke and carbon emissions that are harmful to our health.

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Wildfires produce toxic smoke and carbon emissions that are harmful to our health.

Tell Congress: Reduce wildfire risks on national forests.

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Tell Congress: Reduce wildfire risks on national forests.

Forest management helps protect our forests and communities.

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Forest management helps protect our forests and communities.

Rural Voices Can No Longer Be Ignored

healthyforests November 8, 2024November 8, 2024 News

Rural voters turned out in record numbers in the 2024 election and were a decisive factor in the presidential race.  Rural voters sent a strong message: Our voices can no longer be ignored in Washington, DC. For years, our timber

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‘Fix Our Forests Act’ Passes U.S. House with Bipartisan Support

healthyforests October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 News

In a significant move towards improving forest management and reducing wildfire risks, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forests Act. Sponsored by Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), the legislation received

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Skamania County: A Timber Community Trapped Between Federal Forces

healthyforests September 26, 2024October 9, 2024 News

Sydney Gleason served as an environmental journalism intern for Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities for the summer of 2024. Part 1 and Part 2 of her series on amending the Northwest Forest Plan was published in the Capital Press. HFHC’s environmental

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Surging Russian Plywood Imports, Shuttered U.S. Sawmills, and the Cost of Inaction

healthyforests September 10, 2024 News

Two-and-a-half years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, you may be surprised to learn manufactured wood products constitute over 50% of the trade between the United States and Russia in 2024. As American sawmills in the West close their doors, Russian

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Make your voice heard on the U.S. Forest Service’s National Old Growth Amendment

healthyforests August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 News

The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment through September 20 on its proposed National Old Growth Amendment that will affect how millions of acres of national forests will be managed. Conserving older forests is critical. But we’re concerned the

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Montana’s Horse Gulch Fire Highlights Consequences of Anti-Forestry Lawsuits

healthyforests July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 News

Writing recently on X (formerly Twitter), Frontier Institute President and CEO Kendall Cotton observed that Montana’s Horse Gulch Fire is burning in a portion of Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest that was slated for landscape-scale thinning and controlled burns, that

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Bipartisan ‘Fix Our Forests Act’ Introduced to Combat Wildfire Crisis

healthyforests July 11, 2024 News

Bipartisan ‘Fix Our Forests Act’ Introduced to Combat Wildfire Crisis The new and bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act is comprehensive, bipartisan legislation aimed at restoring forest health, increasing resilience to catastrophic wildfires, and protecting communities. The bill is timely, with

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Dr. Bob Zybach: Anti-forestry lawsuits have direct effect on mortality

healthyforests July 10, 2024 News

Oregon is now beginning this year’s fire season, and southwest Oregon will likely be inundated with days and weeks of deadly smoke. It’s been happening most summers sometime from June until October since 1987. For the first 40 years of

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Healthy Forests Provide Clean and Abundant Water

healthyforests June 11, 2024 News

Active forest management plays a crucial role in protecting clean water supplies, particularly in regions vulnerable to wildfires and water scarcity, such as Arizona and California. For decades, passive management across the west has contributed to unnaturally thick forests that

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Forest Friday: Remembering the Roseburg Forest Product (RFP) Missoula Composites facility

healthyforests May 10, 2024 News

Editors note: Kyle Johnson is a forester with the Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula Field Office. Mr. Johnson is not affiliated with Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities but gave us permission to share his message. Just over a year ago, a

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