But some environmental groups oppose the plan. Ara Marderosian, executive director of the Sequoia ForestKeeper group, called the announcement a “well-orchestrated PR campaign” for the logging industry and said the plan could end up making wildfires worse.
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Green energy push prompts lawsuits against BLM in Nevada
A successful co-management model is all about transparency, and having a consensus in sharing of ideas and ways of knowing. We are taught to take care of the land. It’s more of an act of love, not an act of a job.”
—Women of Bears Ears co-founder Cynthia Wilson (Diné), on tribal co-management of Bears Ears National Monument
While they can’t actually shoot quills at you, there are other reasons to keep your distance. Porcupines have a strong body odor to help deter predators!
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Over the last three months, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE have cut 10 percent of the total workforce at the U.S. Forest Service, the federal agency responsible for managing 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands, including fighting wildfires. About 75 percent of the agency’s staff are trained in wildland firefighting. With the current cuts plus […]
A new study finds that protected forests with limits on human activity are significantly cooler than neighboring forests that lack protections. The findings suggest the cooling effect is strongest in boreal forests at high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, which make up about 27 percent of total global forest area. The researchers attribute the cooler temperatures to the fact that protected forests have more […]
The Bureau of Reclamation has indicated it may reduce how much water is released from Lake Powell and Lake Mead in the coming year, which would shrink the amounts of water flowing to California, Arizona, and Mexico. The Bureau of Reclamation filed a federal Notice of Intent last week, indicating it plans to draft a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, which will […]
After an initial wave of surprise and positive reactions to the unexpected climate bill debuted Wednesday night by Senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer, the country’s attention has turned to whether or not Schumer can get the bill to President Biden’s desk before the Senate breaks for an August recess. First of all, the bill has to get through the […]
The Center for Western Priorities’ 2022 Winning the West poll examined Westerners’ positions on outdoor issues leading up to the 2022 midterm elections. The results are unmistakably clear that the outdoors are central to Western voters and their way of life.
A successful co-management model is all about transparency, and having a consensus in sharing of ideas and ways of knowing. We are taught to take care of the land. It’s more of an act of love, not an act of a job.”