Supporting active, multiple-use management of federal forest lands
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
The Nature Conservancy posted this before-and-after photo in Montana’s Blackfoot Valley: With financial assistance from Montana’s Forests in Focus program they thinning dense forests to reduce the fuel available for potential fires while focusing work in the areas where homes
Last year the Daily Caller News Foundation reported federal agencies paid out more than $49 million to special interest groups that exploit environmental laws to sue the U.S. government. As currently written, the Equal Access to Justice Act allows these
Washington D.C. newspaper The Hill published our oped explaining why Congress should pass the Resilient Federal Forests Act to help restore the health of our federal forests and forested communities. You can urge your federal representatives to support this solution
