On Earth Day, Thank A Logger
On Earth Day, Thank A Logger
"More active forest management is great news for those who love Montana’s “clean and healthful” environment and want to improve the global climate."
"More active forest management is great news for those who love Montana’s “clean and healthful” environment and want to improve the global climate."
"Reasonable reforms like these are needed to make litigation and injunctions less disruptive and fix America’s forests."
A small collection of litigants, however, continues to derail forest management efforts with lawsuits—jeopardizing the environment they claim to be protecting.
"With proactive efforts to restore our forests, we can begin to tackle the wildfire crisis."
"While the federal and state government oversee many wildfire prevention and suppression efforts, private businesses are also emerging as much-needed leaders in the space."
"Leaders must dramatically increase the pace and scale of active forest management or our right to a clean and healthy environment will continue to be put at risk."
"It’s time for our leaders to prioritize active forest management to mitigate the growing threat of catastrophic fires and secure Montanans’ fundamental right to a clean and healthy environment."
"Fixing our forests will ultimately require cutting through the environmental red tape that prevents many forest-restoration projects from getting off the ground or stalls them until they go up in flames."
A century of fire suppression has altered the state of our forests
"The expiration of the temporary fix is a serious setback to forest restoration in Montana and around the West."
"Fixing America’s Forests will require a variety of tools, but Montana has a substantial opportunity to expand the use of prescribed fire on private lands."
"With proactive measures like these to expand Montana’s forest restoration and wildfire response capabilities, we can take our wildfire destiny back into our own hands."