Forest Service

  • Judge orders measures to protect native trout from grazing in eastern Oregon’s Malheur National Forest

    Brian Ertz

    ONDA, WWP & CBD halt cattle grazing The Oregon Natural Desert Association’s press release : PORTLAND, ORE. Jun 16, 2009 Fish advocates applauded a federal judge’s decision yesterday to protect native steelhead trout in the John Day River basin. The court order temporarily halts cattle grazing within important native trout streams in eastern Oregon’s Malheur National…

  • Gail Kimbell out; Tom Tidwell in as new Forest Service Chief

    Ralph Maughan

    Appointment of new Forest Service Chief is always important to conservationists- The Forest Service Chief is appointed and does not have to be ratified by the U.S. Senate, yet he or she exercises great power over the National Forest System. When Bush appointed Kimbell, there was a lot of complaint from the environmental community. Tom…

  • Fire Mitigation Work In Western US Misplaced, Says New Study

    Ralph Maughan

    Only 11 per cent of federal efforts have been near homes or offices- This won’t come as any surprise to those of us who have watched the BLM and Forest Service conduct preemptive (“prescriptive”) burns and vegetation thinnings. Most of the fire reduction work I see is deep in the forest land, although often fairly…

  • Obama's nominee to direct Forest Service, related agencies withdraws

    Ralph Maughan

    Homer Lee Wilkes withdraws- Obama pick to oversee forests withdraws. AP. Updated story. There had been some controversy over the nomination, and disappointment from conservationists.

  • National Forests to get $228-million of stimulus funds to fix forest roads and bridges

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho will get more than any other state- This could do a lot of good for water quality and fisheries if the money is used to replace culverts with bridges that allow the passage of fish upstream. Here is the AP article on it by Matthew Daly. There is irony that Idaho has received more…

  • Vilsack Takes Over Roadless Rule

    Ralph Maughan

    Obama begins to put his imprint on the much litigated “roadless rule”- Bill Schneider at New West has followed the long battle of what was originally Bill Clinton’s roadless rule for the national forests.  Today the Obama Administration made its first move. Schneider tells the story in New West. Vilsack Takes Over Roadless Rule. “After…

  • As hunters age, do they support allowing ATVs in more places?

    Ralph Maughan

    White River National Forest, Colorado offers new travel plan that would restrict ATVs- In interesting question is, is ATV use a generational thing or is it related to aging? If Bob Elderkin (in the article below) is in the majority, it is a generational thing, with older forest users, including hunters, being less, not more…

  • Obama Stuns with Forest Service Nominee

    Ralph Maughan

    Homer Wilkes, not what conservationists hoped for- We ran this news earlier, but now David Frey at New West has a comprehensive article on the nomination. HOMER WHO? Obama Stuns with Forest Service Nominee. “With little forest credentials, is Wilkes the right man to oversee the Forest Service?” By David Frey. New West.

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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