Results for keyword: Forest Service
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States rev up ORV rules
While federal public-land agencies dither, some Western states are cracking down on off-road vehicle problems.
by April Reese, Jun 02, 2009 -
To fight fire, fight forest development
The only way to bring firefighting costs under control is to discourage the stupid practice of building houses right next to fire-prone Western forests.
by Ray Rasker , May 01, 2009 -
Go Sell It On The Mountain
For 30 years, local environmentalists have been fighting with Crested Butte’s owners over a proposed controversial expansion of the ski resort.
by Rachel Odell Walker , Apr 08, 2009 -
Canary in the old growth
Public-land managers grapple with using indicator species to monitor the health of troubled ecosystems.
by Kim Todd, Feb 11, 2009 -
Out of the nest and into a tent
Twenty-two-year-old Allison Linville finally owns a home of her own, even if it’s just a tent in the wilderness.
by Allison Linville, Feb 03, 2009 -
The myth of minority favoritism
Wayne Hare, a ranger for the Bureau of Land Management, says giving hiring preference to minorities in federal jobs is just a myth.
by Wayne Hare, Jan 26, 2009 -
Notes from the (water) underground
Research hydrologist Gordon Grant is fascinated by the groundwater in the Pacific Northwest.
by Jane Braxton Little , Jan 16, 2009 -
Forest Service skips a chance to do things right
Rather than take an honest, in-depth look at the trails and roads on its land, Sarah Peters says the Forest Service took the easy way out.
by Sarah A. Peters, Jan 09, 2009 -
This is the time to make land management make sense
Ed Quillen has suggestions for how to fix the West by consolidating the federal land agencies and charging people to build in Stupid Zones.
by Ed Quillen, Dec 22, 2008 -
Forest Service morale sinks to a new low
In the last eight years under Bush, morale – and efficiency – at the Forest Service has plummeted.
by Laura Paskus, Dec 22, 2008
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