Category: Forest Policy

Judge Blocks Logging of Burned Trees in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: On December 18, 2001 a federal judge issued a temporary hold on salvage logging in the Bitterroot National Forest of Montana after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Wildlands and The Wilderness Society. This happened one ...

Judge Blocks Logging of Burned Trees in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest

BACKGROUND: On December 18, 2001 a federal judge issued a temporary hold on salvage logging in the Bitterroot National Forest of Montana after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Wildlands and The Wilderness Society. This happened one ...

Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository to Open, Says U.S. Energy Secretary, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that he is recommending to President Bush that the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository be opened for storing the nation's nuclear waste ­ waste that currently is now in nearly 100 locations ...

Forest Roadless Rule Delayed 60 Days

BACKGROUND: Today the Federal Register published a "final rule delay of effective date" for the Forest Service Roadless rule. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman signed the delay Jan. 29, 2001. The delay pushes the effective date from March 13 to ...

Out-of-Control Alaska Forest Fire Fueled By Forest Service Neglect

BACKGROUND: A controlled burn set by the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska's Kenai peninsula is now burning out of control. Acres of dead trees that were killed over the last ten years by the spruce beetle and never cut down ...

Devolution to the States is Working for Welfare; It Can Work for Public Lands, by Gretchen Randall

It has jurisdiction over a vast empire of historic sites. It has thousands of employees. It controls vast expanses of prairie. It manages hundreds of buildings. Yet it has no inventory of what it actually owns, has a backlog of ...

Congress Rewards Agency Responsible for New Mexico Wildfire With More Money

Congress Approves $45 Billion for Federal Land Purchases at Very Time Federal Land Management is Under Fire The recent passage of the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA) by the U.S. House of Representatives, legislation that would allow the federal government ...

President’s Road Ban Threatens Forest Health, Hinders Public Access

Roads in National Forests Are Vital for Firefighting and Recreational Access President Bill Clinton's plan, announced on October 13, to ban additional road construction in 40 million acres of national forest wilderness to ostensibly protect pristine wilderness will have the ...

The Quincy Library Group: So-Called “Consensus” Forest Plan Lacks Consensus, Violates Rights

Since the House of Representatives approved the Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery and Economic Stability Act of 1997 (H.R. 858) by an overwhelming margin last July, many have hailed the process that created the bill as a model for resolving ...

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