“Unhappy” Trump Signs Budget Bill
Despite being “unhappy,” President Donald Trump has signed the $1.3 trillion Omnibus spending bill Friday night, after earlier threatening to veto the measure because it …
Posts in category Editor’s Desk
Evergreen’s editor, Jim Petersen discusses issues and current events and personal thoughts he finds to be relevant.
U.S. House fixes the fire borrowing mess; on to the Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives has belatedly fixed the fire borrowing mess that has for several years forced the Forest Service to borrow taxpayer money …
The Newspaper Ad I Want to See
This full-page advertisement in the May 2 Wall Street Journal that caught my eye: A Federal Court has ordered R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Philip Morris USA, …
The Public Interest
Many organizations claim to be public interest groups – that is to say, groups that advocate or lobby for a perceived public interest or concern. …
The War on The West
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air …
How many cigarettes in a burning tree?
A cigarette is what, three inches long? A burning tree is anywhere from 100 to 250 feet tall How many cigarettes in a burning tree? …
California Flamethrowers and National Wildfires
California Assemblyman, Miguel Santiago, is apoplectic at the news that Elon Musk’s Boring Company pre-sold 20,000 of its “flamethrowers” in just four days last week. …
10 minutes, 15 at the most
The six living former Chiefs of the U.S. Forest Service have jointly signed a letter to the U.S. House and Senate majority and minority leaders …
Dopey owls and dopey forestry
The new fret about pesticides killing northern spotted owls is worrisome on several fronts, but hardly news. Marijuana growers have been practicing their trade in …
The Sense of a Goose
Yesterday, I went looking for an essay I wrote maybe 25 years ago titled, The Sense of a Goose. I found it on the Internet …