Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Resilient Federal Forests Act on Nov. 1. In the run up the vote, there were many misleading statements about what the bill does, and doesn’t do. Thanks to the House Natural Resources Committee,

Note: This article first appeared on the Hoover Institution web site This past summer, wildfires scorched nearly eight million acres across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Most of the fires, which cost taxpayers $2 billion to fight, were on national

The U.S. Forest Service spent six and a half years and wrote 2,600 pages of environmental analysis for a forest project that reduced fire risks on 5,000 acres. What happened next has become too common in our broken system of

The Pulp & Paperworkers’ Resource Council has tracked Paper & Wood Products Facility Closures for 26 years, and they recently released their updated map of mill closures. Each dot and arrow on the map represents the loss of good-paying family-wage

This month we had an opportunity to tour the “A to Z” project, a major forest restoration effort that is transforming an overgrown, fire-prone national forest into a healthier and more resilient landscape that benefits wildlife habitat, public access, recreation and

Protecting America’s federally-owned forests from the risks of catastrophic wildfire, insects and disease is a bipartisan issue. Democrats and Republicans agree it’s time to take action. Will you join the effort? Megafires on our national forests are threatening homes, property

Sixty-five groups representing forestry, agriculture, wildlife conservation and local government sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging swift action on federal forest management and wildfire suppression funding reforms. The letter can be downloaded here. The groups expressed support for solutions

Part 1 in a series – What happens after the fire is out? Are burn scars rehabilitated and replanted? The answer may surprise you. This video was produced by Communities for Healthy Forests.

Minnesota’s biggest logging equipment show is returning to Itasca County! The 64th Annual North Star Expo opens Friday September 15th at the Itasca County Fairgrounds in Grand Rapids.  Admission to the two-day event is free.  The Expo features more than

Our oped originally appeared in The Hill: As Congress returns from its August recess, it’s time for the federal government to turn its attention to reforming forest management policies. Catastrophic wildfires are affecting millions of Americans living near our dying