Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities

Congressman Greg Walden represents Oregon’s second congressional district. He penned the following open letter to his district: Enough is enough. When Cycle Oregon and performances at the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland get canceled because of fires and the toxic smoke,

Some say the only solution to protecting public lands is to seal them within designated wilderness areas. Build an artificial wall, and our national treasures remain pristine forever. Erik Fernandez of Oregon Wild made this case in a pre-eclipse guest

Laura Kay Snell of the University of California Cooperative Extension, Modoc County contributed the following perspective in response to Capt. William E. Simpson’s article on wild horse grazing. Working with public land managers in Northeastern California on USFS and BLM

Capt. William E. Simpson II – USMM Ret. contributed the following opinion article to Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities. The current trend in the deforestation across America is alarming to say the least. And considering the lack of the implementation of

The following white paper comes from Bruce Courtright at the National Wildfire Institute. The intent of this brief is to ask for your immediate action to help halt what is becoming the demise of America’s natural resource treasures. The public lands

By DeAnn Stish, Healthy Forests Healthy Communities Great Lakes Coalition partner Minnesotans care about their forests, and our national forests are an important part of that equation. How forests are managed impacts everything from wildlife, water and air quality, climate

By Anna Morrison, Oregon Women in Timber Andy, Andy, Andy, I just finished reading your 8/14/17 Oregon Wild Blog about your interpretation of the “Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017. Lies, Lies, and more Lies.  When are you going to

Last week Congressman Bruce Westerman, author of the Resilient Federal Forests Act, was briefed on Northwest forestry issues during a tour of Idaho sawmills and logging sites. He met with Idaho Forest Group’s Marc Brinkmeyer following a day and a

Note: This column by Ed Regan originally appeared in the Independent-Record. Recent wildfires on the Lewis and Clark National Forests are illustrating the consequences of the “Cottonwood” case that is halting forest health projects throughout Montana. Once again the case

This video examines the progressively weakening and increasingly threatened circumstances of U.S. counties that host national forests. It was produced by the Not Without a Fight! Coalition, an informal group comprised of Shoshone County, Idaho’s county commissioners and three of