“This is the first bill related to wildfire that I’ve seen in Congress that actually has fire in it!” exclaimed Tim Ingalsbee, Director of Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and …
Category: National Forests
Getting Cows out of Wilderness
Many people are unhappy when they find livestock grazing inside designated wilderness areas on national forest lands. People hiking the Continental Divide Trail encounter cattle in the Colorado national forests …
Raking the Forest With Donald Trump and Mike Pence
We unravel the nonsense of Donald Trump’s talk about forest management and wildfire.
Trump is a Radical on the Environment
Who can question that Donald Trump is the most radically anti-environment president in American history? His extreme tilt toward business, contempt for science, and a lack of any personal connection …
Solving the West’s Water Crisis, One Cow at a Time
The Southwest is a dry place. Thin streams flowing from the high peaks trail intense green through millions of acres of red, yellow and gray desert landscape. Green fields of …
Permanent Drought in New Mexico?
Too many people from Colorado to Mexico expect to get water from the Rio Grande and scientists know that climate change is shrinking the Rio Grande as drought grips our region and overall temperatures steadily rise over time.
Ignorance is Bliss: Blocking Science and the Public on Public Lands
Society is impossible without government. Even wolf packs have a rudimentary form of government. Government without science and facts as the basis for decision making is indeed tyranny. Yet it …
Virus Could Devastate Wildland Fire Agencies This Summer
Ready for fire season? Ready for those billows of gray smoke from forest fires all over the West? Ready to worry about your home or your town when firestorms come? …
Destroying our Nation’s Environment for Money and Ideology
Now we have an administration that is bent on erasing a century of laws created by liberals and conservatives alike that protect our environment and keep our children from breathing toxic air and drinking poisonous water.
Wolf Opposition Is Part Of The Culture War
Predators can change how large animals like elk use the landscape and can also preclude excessive browsing of critical areas like riparian zones
