Posts in category The State Of Our Forests

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“Over the last 100 years, we have seen a literal epidemic of young trees filling in our forests. When trees are too close together and …

“Categorical Exclusions will over-ride federal environmental laws and exempt logging from any analysis or disclosure of adverse environmental impacts and eliminate public involvement.” Evergreen: How …

“Measuring annual growth against annual mortality, some east-of-the-Cascades national forests in Washington may already be in a deficit, meaning they are dying faster than they …

Count us among those with definite opinions about what is needed to fix what ails the U.S. Forest Service. Given the agency’s high praise for …

U.S. Forest Service retiree, Bruce Courtright, and several of his retired colleagues composed this open letter to the nation’s 2016 presidential candidates before their formal …

“Our Montana Forests in Focus program is the culmination of a New Year’s promise I made to myself two years ago. We needed to increase …

“I still have some doubts about how arbitration might substitute for litigation, but I know that there is interest in the concept in Congress. Authorizing …

The “Single Use Sustained Yield Act”: A thoughtful proposal for improving the management of our National Forests By Barry Wynsma, U.S. Forest Service Retiree Member, …