Results for keyword: Forest Service
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Two weeks in the West
Recent elections in the West show support for land-use planning and “convergence politics”; hunting declines in the West, but Satan keeps busy in Idaho, causing divorces.
by Ray Ring, Nov 26, 2007 -
Two weeks in the West
A look at the recent California wildfires details how much they’ve cost so far and how many acres were burned, especially in the expanding wildland-urban interface.
by Christine Hoekinga, Nov 12, 2007 -
Salvaging the atmosphere
The Forest Service jumps into the carbon offsets game even as scientists begin to question whether planting trees can help in the struggle against global warming.
by Rick Craig, Oct 15, 2007 -
A happy 63rd birthday to Smokey Bear
Steve Beauregard has a crush on that famous, furry, firefighting icon Smokey Bear.
by Steve Beauregard, Aug 13, 2007 -
When mud-boggers rip up the land, penalize them
Mike Beagle urges public-land agencies to ticket land-wrecking off-road riders.
by Mike Beagle, Jun 18, 2007 -
A gold mine in the Colorado wilderness?
The owners of a 1938 mining claim in the Uncompaghre wilderness plan to start digging for gold.
by Morgan Heim, May 31, 2007 -
Knee-jerking in western Colorado
Allen Best debunks rumors of a behind-the-scenes deal between Vail Resorts and the Forest Service over lynx reintroduction.
by Allen Best, May 21, 2007 -
The decline of logging is now killing
Now that logging no longer provides enough money to support Oregon’s libraries, Pepper Trail says it’s up to citizens to decide to keep their state’s bookshelves filled and accessible.
by Pepper Trail, Apr 09, 2007 -
Heard around the West
Gail Kimbell and the vanishing Forest Service budget; not saying the Pledge in Mesa, Ariz.; racing old beaters in California; talkative men’s rooms; saying it (the Miranda warning, that is) with flowers.
by Betsy Marston, Mar 05, 2007 -
The end of ‘analysis paralysis’?
The Forest Service has overhauled its cumbersome forest-planning process, but many experts say the agency may have gone too far.
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 19, 2007






