Supporting active, multiple-use management of federal forest lands
The federal Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination program has expired after years of declining and uncertain payments to counties and schools. A bipartisan group of senators is seeking to reauthorize the program that is intended to compensate rural counties for
CBS Television’s 60 Minutes recently aired an important report on catastrophic wildfire and what can be done by homeowners in the Wildland Urban Interface to save lives and properties. 60 Minutes’ Steve Inskeep interviewed Robert Bonnie, a key Obama
The 2016 Pioneer Fire was a devastating event for the Boise National Forest. The fire burned nearly 190,000 acres in three directions from its start southwest of Idaho City. It was the largest wildfire on national forest land last year,
In April President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review the designation of millions of acres of federal land as national monuments under the Antiquities Act. Beginning May 12, the Interior Dept. initiated a
A study led by ecologists at UC Berkeley has found significant flaws in the research used to challenge the U.S. Forest Service plan to restore Sierra Nevada forests to less dense, and less fire-prone, environments. Until recently, the consensus among
This graph, using data from the U.S. Forest Service, shows timber harvests on national forests never exceeded net growth, even during the “peak’ harvesting years of the 1970s and 1980s. Yet it’s the latter years that tell an alarming story. Forest
In 2011, the Wallow Fire in Arizona’s White Mountains burned almost 539,000 acres, becoming the largest megafire in the state’s history. The White Mountain Stewardship Project, which has thinned trees on more than 50,000 acres since 2004, is credited with
Here’s a great video explaining how collaboration and commercial thinning can help our public forests. Thanks to Vaagen Brothers Lumber of Colville, Wash. for producing it!
After decades of relative silence about national forest management, Virginia’s State-level hunting conservation organizations are making their voice heard. Beginning in 2010 with the George Washington National Forest (GWNF) Forest Plan revision as members of the GWNF Stakeholder Collaborative,
Readers should beware of ideological or political statements based on “overwhelming science” when the writer doesn’t provide responsible sources. A good example is Brett Haverstick’s March 24 guest opinion that claims science doesn’t support the management and restoration of forests
