Judge Blocks Logging of Burned Trees in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest, by Gretchen Randall
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 day after Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, who oversees the Forest ...
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 day after Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, who oversees the Forest ...
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository to Open, Says U.S. Energy Secretary, by Tom Randall
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 scattered around the country. TEN SECOND RESPONSE: It is essential ...
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 May 12, 2001. TEN SECOND RESPONSE: President Bush promised 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 or cleared are making it especially difficult to control the ...
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 billions of dollars of maintenance of facilities and roads and ...
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 to spend $3 billion per year for 15 years to ...
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 opposite effect by inhibiting efforts to fight forest fires and ...
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 other forest management disputes. If the Quincy Library Group (QLG) ...
