Harnessing Partnerships To Accelerate Forest Project Environmental Reviews
Harnessing Partnerships To Accelerate Forest Project Environmental Reviews
"Expanding partnership opportunities for private groups to accelerate approval and implementation of forest restoration projects is a needed step to fix America’s forests."
By Hannah Downey
Forest Management Requires ‘Good’ Fire
Forest Management Requires ‘Good’ Fire
"Prescribed burns, especially done in conjunction with mechanical treatments, proved their value as a proactive tool in controlling wildfires in Montana this summer."
By Hannah Downey
The Forest Management Strategy Helping To Save Montana Forests
The Forest Management Strategy Helping To Save Montana Forests
"With these treatments applied, the wildfires this summer lacked the fuel sources to grow big and out of control."
By Hannah Downey
The Cottonwood Fix Means A Return To Healthy Forests
The Cottonwood Fix Means A Return To Healthy Forests
"The Cottonwood decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2015 emphasizes how litigious groups have weaponized the Endangered Species Act to prevent forest management projects."
By Hannah Downey
Protecting Our Nations Most Cherished Forests Through Active Forest Management
Protecting Our Nations Most Cherished Forests Through Active Forest Management
"Forests across the west are facing similar threats as California’s giant sequoias. By actively working to restore forest ecosystems and reducing fuel buildups, we can preserve our nation's cherished forests."
By Hannah Downey
Waiting To Burn
Waiting To Burn
"Even when public land managers, officials and researchers agree that this mitigation work is needed on a landscape, the tools that reduce wildfire severity face a long, bureaucratic process of approvals and delays."
By Hannah Downey
Active Forest Management Combats Catastrophic Fire
Active Forest Management Combats Catastrophic Fire
"As we approach fire season we should reject calls to abandon the science and instead double down on the best tools currently at our disposal — expanding active forest management to address our yearly wildfire crisis."
By Kendall Cotton
The Irony Of A Burn Ban
The Irony Of A Burn Ban
"Policymakers must ask whether the minuscule risk of an escaped prescribed burn is worth doing nothing, allowing fuels to build up and putting the forest at a higher risk of an all-consuming destructive wildfire."
By Hannah Downey
Red Tape Prevents Old-Growth Forest Restoration
Red Tape Prevents Old-Growth Forest Restoration
"Protecting old-growth forests from wildfire risks is a worthy cause, but simply spending more money on existing bureaucratic processes will not solve the problem."
By Hannah Downey
Legalizing Mine Cleanups
Legalizing Mine Cleanups
"Conservation groups and other private organizations have indicated that they would like to clean up these mines, unfortunately federal red tape is holding them back."
By Tanner Avery
Empowering Good Samaritan Mine Cleanups
Empowering Good Samaritan Mine Cleanups
"Punishing Good Samaritans with unlimited liability for doing good when an original mine owner is nowhere to be found is the wrong approach."
By Hannah Downey
It’s Time To Get Proactive About Forest Management
It’s Time To Get Proactive About Forest Management
"The focus on active restoration instead of strict preservation will go a long way to confront the wildfire crisis, but only if red tape and regulatory challenges don’t interfere."
By Hannah Downey
Healthier Forests Mean a Healthier Planet
Healthier Forests Mean a Healthier Planet
There’s no way around it: you simply cannot claim to support addressing climate change on the one hand while opposing proven and practical forest management to help reduce the risk of massive forest fires on the other.
By Kendall Cotton
The Litigation Quagmire
The Litigation Quagmire
Forest managers face a daunting restoration backlog that fuels the wildfire crisis.
By Tanner Avery