US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers Agencies say Trump’s latest push to trim government could impede firefighting efforts and create crises at national parks The Guardian - US · Feb 15, 2025
Snowmobile Avalanche Reports Are Being Affected By the Forest Service's Budget Cuts Earlier this year, I spoke about how recent Forest Service budget cuts are set to make public land use all the worse. How the trails we ride or use, how fire mitigation and seasonal workers would be affected by the nearly $750 million cut. But based on a report from… RideApart · Dec 27, 2024
Hushin's Brian McElrea Talks About How UTVs Help Them Hunt Harder Full stop, hunting is hard. It's beyond hard. It's the sort of Type 2 fun where you repeatedly ask yourself, "Why the hell am I doing this?" That's usually after you've climbed 2,000 vertical feet in under two miles with 50 pounds of gear on your back, just for you to… RideApart · Dec 5, 2024
Feds want to allow more logging in Pacific Northwest to help curtail wildfires The proposed plan also calls for closer cooperation between the Forest Service and Native American tribes to tap into tribal knowledge about forest management The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2024
Federal Firefighters Say Their Pay Is on the Line in 2024 Election As wildfires worsen, some federal firefighters fear Republican control of Congress and the White House could accelerate their exit from the workforce, leaving critical gaps in fire response. Capital & Main · Oct 30, 2024
Yavapai-Apache Nation Finalizes Land Exchange With U.S. Forest Service Land exchange agreement between Yavapai-Apache Nation and U.S. Forest Service to expand reservation in Arizona's Verde Valley, benefiting tribe's cultural,... Top News · Oct 30, 2024
Climate Change Is Forcing Forest Service to Stop Time-Honored Tradition of 'Obliterating' Dead Horses with Explosives Wyoming forest officials are forced to pause the gruesome tradition of blowing up horse carcasses due to an increased risk of wildfires in the state's backcountry. Latin Times · Oct 16, 2024
North Carolina hurricane recovery team relocated amid threat of ‘armed militia’ Hurricane Helene federal emergency workers told to evacuate Rutherford county, Washington Post reports The Guardian - US · Oct 14, 2024
Takeaways on AP's story about challenges to forest recovery and replanting after wildfires The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly destructive wildfires, with many areas unlikely to recover on their own The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2024
As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds -- and obstacles The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly destructive wildfires, with some areas unlikely to recover The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2024
Fire Season’s Front-Line Workers Get Organized Firefighters credit a perfect storm of more fires, low wages and dangerously high turnover rates for the trend. Capital & Main · Aug 2, 2024
US Forest Service failing to protect old growth trees from logging, critics say Biden’s efforts to save mature trees are not getting enough Forest Service support, according to some conservationists The Guardian - US · Aug 1, 2024
California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West California’s largest active fire has exploded in size, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scramble to meet the danger The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2024
Forest Service Prescribed Fire Program Faces Investigation Gaps Investigation reveals gaps in U.S. Forest Service's prescribed fire program post-wildfire. Recommendations for improvement and enhancing safety measures. Top News · Jul 8, 2024
The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024 Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history
Inverse · May 24, 2024 How NASA Misplaced a Whole Forest of Moon Trees Remember the trees grown around the U.S. from seeds that made it to the Moon? No? Well, there’s a reason for that. Here's the whole true story of the missing moon trees.
Salon · Apr 22, 2024 On the front lines of American wildfires Record-setting blazes are becoming more common as the number of skilled wildland firefighters dwindles
Salon · Dec 20, 2023 Forest protections don't go far enough Critics say stronger logging rules needed to protect 25 million acres from "tragic consequences"
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023 Violent sting ops, wasted millions, and an unbothered Biden: The crackdown on homeless people on federal lands As housing becomes unreachable, homeless people are flocking to America’s sprawling public lands, but federal agents seem unprepared to address a complex issue without resorting to violence, Josh Marcus reports
WEKU · Sep 1, 2023 Judge: Trump-era rule change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman on Thursday found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Endangered Species Act.
The Conversation · Aug 22, 2023 Living with wildfire: How to protect more homes as fire risk rises in a warming climate Humans have learned to fear wildfire. It can destroy communities, torch pristine forests and choke even faraway cities with toxic smoke.
The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023 US Forest Service burn started wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico, agency says The U.S. Forest Service says its own prescribed burn started a 2022 wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023 US Forest Service and historically Black colleges unite to boost diversity in wildland firefighting A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and historically Black colleges or universities is opening the eyes of students of color who never pictured themselves fighting forest fires
The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023 Activists call on Biden to stop Forest Service from logging ancient woodlands Enviornmentalists believe the Forest Service is unwilling to change its pro-logging approach
The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023 LOCALIZE IT: The U.S. government's program to reduce wildfire risk to communities near federal land EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: