http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16242 The National Fire Plan, the Healthy Forests Initiative and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act are explained and compared No publisher Kathie Durbin Logging Fire National Fire Plan Healthy Forests Initiative Healthy Forests Restoration Act Western Governors’ Association Bush administration Congress logging fire prevention thinning John Kitzhaber Dirk Kempthorne firefighting buget categorical exclusion 2011-11-11T19:59:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16241 Loggers say forest-restoration work, which involves the thinning and cutting of small, skinny trees, doesn’t bring in much money No publisher Kathie Durbin Energy Alternative Energy Logging Scott Melcher Robbie Melcher Melcher Logging Co. loggers thinning forest restoration timber sales Deschutes Land Trust Jim Cota Deschutes National Forest Healthy Forests Restoration Act Forest Service timber bids Metolius Basin biomass logg 2011-11-11T19:56:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16229 President Bush says the Healthy Forests Restoration Act and Initiative were needed to fight wildfire, but several years into the new rules, critics question whether the changes they brought were helpful or even necessary No publisher Kathie Durbin Logging Old Growth Fire George W. Bush Healthy Forests Restoration Act forest fires wildfire Metolius River Basin Bill Anthony Sisters Ranger District Deschutes National Forest Cache Mountain Fire Black Butte Ranch thinning fuel reduction Healthy Forests Initiative 2011-11-07T20:36:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15501 Despite angry environmentalists, rotting timber, and unenthusiastic logging companies, the Bush administration is determined to push logging on roadless land burned by the Biscuit Fire in southwestern Oregon No publisher Kathie Durbin Fires Logging Biscuit Fire salvage logging Bush environmental policy Tom Lavagnino Kalmiopsis Wilderness protesters Fiddler timber sale Mike’s Gulch timber sale Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Clinton roadless rule Siskiyou Mountains forest fires Siski 2012-03-30T19:01:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/265/14453 The proposed salvage logging of the Biscuit Fire area in Oregon’s Siskiyou Forest is one of the largest timber sales in history, and critics say it’s not only ecologically dangerous, but undermines the Roadless Rule No publisher Kathie Durbin Logging Biscuit Fire Siskiyou National Forest Oregon salvage logging timber sales Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Rule John Sessions forest fires wildfires 2010-02-05T09:55:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/262/14361 When President Clinton established Oregon’s Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument three years ago, he told the BLM to study grazing impacts, but now funding for the study has been cut, while grazing continues unabated No publisher Kathie Durbin Grazing Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument grazing impacts Bureau of Land Management grazing leases Soda Mountain Wilderness Council Howard Hunter Bruce Buckmaster 2010-02-05T09:55:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/262/14360 Oregon’s Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge is thriving these days, but refuge managers are courting controversy by trying to get permission to shoot coyotes from airplanes No publisher Kathie Durbin Wildlife Refuges Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge coyotes predator control wildlife management pronghorn antelope Mike Nunn Jim Yoakum Mike Dunbar Barry Reiswig 2010-02-05T09:55:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/257/14197 Despite the warnings of scientists who say it’s a bad idea, the Bush administration is eager to log trees burned by the Biscuit Fire in Oregon’s Siskiyou National Forest No publisher Kathie Durbin Fire Biscuit Fire salvage logging forest fires Kalmiopsis Wilderness Siskiyou National Forest Douglas County Oregon 2010-02-05T10:13:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/148/4786 A three-story house being built on the rim of Washington's Columbia River Gorge - in defiance of the National Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area - has become a battleground between supporters of the scenic act and property-rights advocates. No publisher Kathie Durbin Land Use And Planning 2010-02-05T10:09:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/119/3792 Evidence that coyotes are keeping the antelope population down leads some to propose that the coyotes on Oregon's Hart Mountain Refuge should be controlled by killing. No publisher Kathie Durbin Wildlife Refuges 2010-02-05T09:51:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/119/3791 Zoologist David Dobkin believes that federal land managers are closing their minds to his scientific research - especially when his research indicts grazing. No publisher Kathie Durbin Wildlife Refuges 2010-02-05T09:51:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/119/3790 Oregon's Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge seems to be recovering now that cattle have been banned from it - but despite the lush grasses, the antelope are still in decline. No publisher Kathie Durbin 2010-02-05T09:51:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/111/3489 In the Pacific Northwest, timber companies such as Weyerhaeuser are enthusiastic about HCPs because of the spotted owl. No publisher Kathie Durbin Threatened and Endangered Species 2010-02-05T09:49:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/111/3487 Biologist Lorin Hicks of Plum Creek Timber Co. says that the notorious logging company is now trying to do the right thing for endangered species with the help of HCPs. No publisher Kathie Durbin Threatened and Endangered Species 2010-02-05T09:49:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/111/3485 Some say the real problem with habitat conservation lies in the government's unwillingness to really enforce the Endangered Species Act. No publisher Kathie Durbin And Paul Larmer Threatened and Endangered Species 2010-02-05T09:49:19Z News Article