Far too much of the Forest Service’s budget is spent responding to litigation initiated by armchair quarterbacks who seem have little understanding of the complexity of forest health management.

Timber-sale litigation on national forests: What is its true effect?

by Ashley Mungiguerra

The year 2015 has been among the most devastating on record for wildfires in the United States, with more than 9 million acres burned so far this year, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. 

Major storms could result in flooding in fire-impacted areas this winter.

Judge blocks EPA from "exceptionally expansive" water rules that would "irreparably diminish the states' power of their waters." It's time to #TransferPublicLands

PRESS RELEASE
FOR RELEASE: JUNE 1, 2015
FROM: AMERICAN LANDS COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Forest managers throughout California say that thinning forests to a more natural state is a good way to reduce the severity of wildfires. No scientists suggest that it also could offer help in saving water in the drought.