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You spoke up for our forests. Is the Forest Service listening?

July 15, 2011 By Sarah Mendonca

You might remember that The Wilderness Society and supporters like you created a comprehensive set of comments last May on the Forest Service’s proposed rule for managing 193 million acres of America’s national forests. If adopted, the planning rule would establish a new national framework to develop land management plans that protect water, wildlife and communities. Comments were collected from over 300,000 people as part of a collaborative effort between The Wilderness Society and various other environmental groups. Read more

Time to speak up on rules governing how our forests are managed

March 17, 2011 By Cecilia Clavet

The Obama administration and the Forest Service last week hosted what they call a national roundtable. It was an effort to summarize and explain in detail the various components of the draft forest planning rule, which was published last month. When final, this rule will guide the Forest Service on how to manage 193 million acres of America’s national forests. The roundtable, held in Washington D.C., was the beginning of a series of public forums that will take place throughout the country. Read more

Wild elk shows forester that sometimes the answer isn’t so “clear cut”

January 21, 2011 By Bob Freimark

Elk in Montana

The ground was shaking, but it wasn’t like an earthquake, which made it even more disturbing. I looked around for my crew partner who looked as perplexed as I felt. Read more

Forests in our children’s generation; Our 21st Century vision

February 25, 2010 By Mike Anderson, J.D.

Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont. Courtesy ForestWatch.

Feb. 16 was one of the proudest days in my 25 years working for The Wilderness  Society. That was the day we completed and sent to the U.S. Forest Service a 95-page comment letter that represents our best thinking about how our country’s 193 million-acre National Forest System should be managed to meet the challenges and demands of the 21st Century. Read more

A promising trend - science and policy are reunited

November 20, 2009 By Sarah Savoie

Juvenile Northern Spotted Owl. Photo by RaymaAnne, Flickr.

This year is shaping up to be a banner year for environmental policy. The Obama administration is making decisions based on sound science and reason, peeling away actions and policies created in the past administration that significantly weakened environmental protections. The administration is establishing a new hope for our forests and wildlife. Read more

Obama’s next big opportunity: Court decision gives president chance to shape future of forests

July 14, 2009 By Christopher Lancette

Malheur National Forest in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. Courtesy USFS.

Thanks to a court victory last month that tossed out misguided ideas for how the U.S. should manage its forests, President Obama now has a golden opportunity to replace them with his administration’s principles. The result could be a mandate for the Forest Service to make decisions about managing forests based on the 21st century imperatives of global warming and clean drinking water. Read more