Forest Managment

Brown: Infrastructure Package Will Help With Forest Management Wildfire Efforts
Brown: Infrastructure Package Will Help With Forest Management Wildfire Efforts
Brown: Infrastructure Package Will Help With Forest Management Wildfire Efforts
According to Oregon lawmakers, the new federal infrastructure package will fund forest management and wildfire resiliency, all while improving access to clean drinking water, expand broadband and pay for a host of other projects. During President Biden’s visit to the Beaver state last week, Oregon Governor Kate Brown said historically underserved communities struggle to access these basic needs.
Vilsack Lays Out Ten-Year Plan To Fight Wildfires
Vilsack Lays Out Ten-Year Plan To Fight Wildfires
Vilsack Lays Out Ten-Year Plan To Fight Wildfires
Scientists tell us that we cannot stop wildfires from happening, "But what we can do is begin the process of reducing the catastrophic nature of these fires," noted Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. He recently announced a ten year plan to do more thinning out of forests, removing dead trees and brush, improving the health of forests and making communities near them safer ...
Conservation Group: Environmental Laws Were Ignored During Idaho Logging Project
Conservation Group: Environmental Laws Were Ignored During Idaho Logging Project
Conservation Group: Environmental Laws Were Ignored During Idaho Logging Project
According to a conservation group, the U.S. Forest Service violated numerous environmental laws in approving a 105-square-mile logging and restoration project outside of the town of Cascade. The Idaho Conservation League filed a lawsuit last week that claims the Forest Service violated the Endangered Species Act and other laws in approving the 20-year Sage Hen Project in the Boise National Forest
Washington Lawmakers Hope Visit Highlights The Devastation Of Massive Wildfires
Washington Lawmakers Hope Visit Highlights The Devastation Of Massive Wildfires
Washington Lawmakers Hope Visit Highlights The Devastation Of Massive Wildfires
Washington Representatives Dan Newhouse, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Kim Schrier are reaching out to federal officials in an attempt to bring attention to the level of destruction caused by massive wildfires in the state. “The three of us sent an invitation to the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, as well as the Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland," Newhouse said. "We ... Read M
House Ag Committee Discusses Forest Management
House Ag Committee Discusses Forest Management
House Ag Committee Discusses Forest Management
As fires continue to burn up and down the west coast, members of the House Ag Committee are looking at what can be done to help prevent massive fires into the future. Many of those lawmakers agreed with Henry Schienebeck with the American Loggers Council ...
Risch Speaks Out Against BLM Director Nominee
Risch Speaks Out Against BLM Director Nominee
Risch Speaks Out Against BLM Director Nominee
On Thursday, Idaho Senator Jim Risch spoke out against the Biden Administration’s nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management, Tracy Stone-Manning. Risch said before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that a good agency, such as BLM and the people that work there deserve better than the President’s nominee. Ris ...
Fox Tells The Senate More Must Be Done To Keep Forests Healthy
Fox Tells The Senate More Must Be Done To Keep Forests Healthy
Fox Tells The Senate More Must Be Done To Keep Forests Healthy
Forest Health took center state at a Senate Ag committee hearing last week. Joe Fox is President of the National Association of State Foresters. "To maintain our forests as carbon sinks we can't let them be destroyed by out of control wildfires we must reduce wildfire fuel loads in our forests ...

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