Another Giant Gone: Gene Yahvah, 1926-2023
Gene Yahvah died in Libby, Montana on May 23, 2023, his ninety-seventh birthday. He was a legend among Montana foresters
The U.S. House of Representatives has belatedly fixed the fire borrowing mess that has for several years forced the
Rich Stem, an old Forest Service friend, now retired and living in Montana, has gently chided us for not remembering
Editor’s Note: Our colleague, Bruce Courtright, who chairs the National Wildfire Institute [NWI] at Fort Jones, California, has shared
Editor’s Note: Many environmentalists have long insisted that people living in rural areas should have no say in how
During the nastiest days of the spotted owl war, Oregon’s environmentalists frequently reminded their rural brethren that “tourism is
Editor’s Note: Retired California businessman, Guy McMahan, sent us a copy of his response to the Forest Service’s
One of the Evergreen faithful asked me yesterday if I didn’t think my February 8 use of the word
Editor's Note: to read Jim Petersen's complementary essay Slouching Toward Hell, click here. Who “owns” wildfire?
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately
A cigarette is what, three inches long? A burning tree is anywhere from 100 to 250 feet tall How many
California Assemblyman, Miguel Santiago, is apoplectic at the news that Elon Musk’s Boring Company pre-sold 20,000 of its
The do’s and don’ts of the regulatory hell-hole Congress has created for the Forest Service are on display
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