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  • Professor: Fires in West will worsen

    Ralph Maughan

    WASHINGTON — A Montana expert testified Thursday that climate change will increase and intensify wildfires, while members of Congress and U.S. Forest Service officials grappled with how to pay for the increased costs of fire suppression Story: Professor: Fires in West will worsen. By Noelle Straub. Casper Star-Tribune Washington bureau. This should be obvious, but…

  • George Wuerthner interviewed on "Off the Trail" about benefits of wildfire

    Brian Ertz

    George Wuerthner does an interview on the KBSU public radio program “Off the trail” with Jyl Hoyt. Wuerthner describes the upside of forest fire. You can listen to a stream of the interview here.

  • Due to fires, about half the Bob Marshall Wilderness closed to the public

    Ralph Maughan

    The Ahorn and Fool Creek fires are behaving erratically and lightning has started a bunch of new fires in this wilderness area just to the south of Glacier NP. Story in the Great Falls Tribune. By Eric Newhouse Photos of the Ahorn Fire in the “Bob” post 1342

  • Rocky Barker's blog: Don't plan on a lot of campfires this summer

    Ralph Maughan

    Rocky Barker’s blog today fleshes out what a lot of people are talking about right now in Idaho, Nevada, Montana, and Utah — the coming forest fire season. The winter had below normal precipitation and the spring was generally dry. Dry springs actually reduce the range fire potential because the flammable seasonal grasses don’t grow…

  • The great Canadian pine forest die-off and grizzly bears

    Ralph Maughan

    Despite the headline, the article says isn’t clear what the huge pine die-off in Alberta (and, not mentioned in the article, nearby B.C.) will have on the grizzly bear. Scientists using bears to battle bugs. By Jeff Holubitsky, CanWest News Service post 1116

  • SLT editorial hits uplifting chord

    Brian Ertz

    The Salt Lake Tribune published a welcome editorial about a federal court decision regarding forest plans. The editorial also boldy illustrates the importance of wildness and its uplifting affect. Value of a forest: Federal ruling is a victory for conservation Salt Lake Tribune Editorial

  • Whitebark pine beetles continue to chew away on Yellowstone forests

    Ralph Maughan

    Various pine beetles are attacking pines all over North America with an extraordinary vengeance. In Yellowstone the high valued whitebark pine, which grows, and grows but slowly, at high elevations continues under attack. This pine is especially valuable to grizzly bears who eat its fat rich nuts in the fall to fatten up. In years…

  • New Forest Plan Rule Nukes NEPA

    Ralph Maughan

    Perhaps the most important environmental decisions the Forest Service makes is the 15-year (on the average) forest plans for each of national forests. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has always been at the core of the forest plans. NFMA, the National Forest Management Act, requires the forest plans and their updating, but it’s NEPA…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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