Forest Service

  • Beaverhead Forest Plan revision

    Ralph Maughan

    This southwest Montana national forest is the largest in Montana, with many mountain ranges, splendid backcountry and scenic frontcountry as well. There are many species of wildlife. I could go on, but the important point is that the comment period on the new forest plan has been extended to the end of April. Not only…

  • Forest Service May Move to Interior. Some See Agency As Out of Place Under the USDA

    Ralph Maughan

    Forest Service May Move to Interior. Some See Agency As Out of Place Under the USDA. By Christopher Lee. Washington Post Staff Writer. While this may seem new, this is one of the oldest controversies in the history of American conservation. The Forest Service began at the end of the 19th century as the Division…

  • Mark Rey walks

    Ralph Maughan

    U.S. Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey walked out of federal court a free man Wednesday in Missoula, wearing not an orange inmate’s jumpsuit but the gray business suit with American flag lapel pin he had donned for his contempt hearing. Ag chief cleared of contempt. By John Cramer the Missoulian The federal judge wasn’t happy, but…

  • Approaching: Mark Rey's court date

    Brian Ertz

    This has got to be one of my favorite stories. It is too rare these days that public officials are directly held to account. The court date for Rey is set for Tuesday. Agriculture chief may face jail time As the story illustrates, and we’ve gone over before, Rey spent much time with disgraced Sen.…

  • Craig crony criticized in US Senate on Forest Service budget cuts

    Ralph Maughan

    Senators rip Forest Service over wildfire budget cuts. By Noelle Straub. Casper Star-Tribune Washington bureau. Mark Rey is a protege of disgraced Senator Larry Craig. Currently he lords over the Forest Service

  • Chair of House Appropriations Committee calls Bush's proposed Forest Service budget an "unmitigated disaster"

    Ralph Maughan

    “The plan could mean the loss of more than 2,700 jobs – nearly 10 percent of the agency’s work force – as well as reductions in dozens of non-fire related programs, from road and trail maintenance to state assistance, land acquisition and recreation, lawmakers said.” Forest Service could lose 2,700 jobs. By Matthew Daly. Associated…

  • Alert on Idaho roadless areas. Meetings in I.F. and Pocatello Feb. 20 and 21

    Ralph Maughan

    Alert on Idaho roadless areas- On December 26, 2007, the Forest Service released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that seeks to weaken protections for much of Idaho’s 9.3 million acres of roadless lands. Nearly 6 million acres of those lands would be opened to potential logging and mineral development. An additional 600,000 acres in…

  • Forest Service OKs Harden Creek uranium exploration near Stanley, Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    This mine would be in a scenic and steep tributary to the Salmon River, certainly a threat to water quality. Forest Service OKs Harden Creek uranium exploration. By Todd Adams. Challis Messenger. Approximate location of exploration.

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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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