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."
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."
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."
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.
The Litigation Quagmire
The Litigation Quagmire
Forest managers face a daunting restoration backlog that fuels the wildfire crisis.
Managing Forest Litigation
Managing Forest Litigation
Money alone will not solve the problem if lawsuits continue to hold up on-the-ground projects. Reforming litigation will improve the ability to effectively put resources to work in our forests.
Montana leads the way on forest projects
Montana leads the way on forest projects
Oftentimes the best stewards of the land are those directly affected by the outcomes of its management.
Good Neighbor Authority
Good Neighbor Authority
Over just a few years, Montana has proven a capable leader in conducting forest restoration work on federal lands under a Good Neighbor Authority agreement.
Restoring forest management
Restoring forest management
Despite the consensus of fire playing an important role in the health of our forests, forest management planners have been crippled by bureaucratic red tape preventing the use of controlled burns.
Getting Bureaucrats Out of the Way of Forest Management
Getting Bureaucrats Out of the Way of Forest Management
It's time for Montana to reassess what it can do to reduce future wildfire risk.
Policymakers can help reduce risk of catastrophic forest fires
Policymakers can help reduce risk of catastrophic forest fires
Policymakers can help reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
Improve policies to reduce the risk of future catastrophic wildfires
Improve policies to reduce the risk of future catastrophic wildfires
After a summer of flames and smoke, policymakers can—and must—improve policies to reduce the risk of future catastrophic wildfires.
Active Management Creates Healthier Forests
Active Management Creates Healthier Forests
We still hear a lot of criticism about active forest management from environmental commentators, who say we can “never log our way out of a baking climate.” These critics fail to see the forest for the trees