Destructive Jellico Mountains Logging Project Withdrawn
In a letter to Kentucky Heartwood, District Ranger Kyle Edmonds announced the withdrawal of the draft "Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Jellico Vegetation Management Project" on the Daniel Boone National Forest. FSEEE, along with Kentucky...
Senator Cassidy Drops Proposal to Carve up Kisatchie, Louisiana’s Only National Forest
Reporting for New Orleans-based Verite News, Tristan Baurick writes that Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy has abandoned his plan to transfer 140,000 acres of Kisatchie National Forest to Grant Parish after his bill "sparked outrage from conservationists and parish...
Judge Agrees with FSEEE: Forest Service Retardant Use Violates Clean Water Act
U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen ruled in our favor in our lawsuit challenging Forest Service use of aerial fire retardant, affirming that dumping the toxic slurry into water violates the Clean Water Act and that the Forest Service must acquire a Clean Water Act...
Boundary Waters Wilderness Protected From Copper Mining for 20 Years
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed a mineral withdrawal order protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Superior National Forest from sulfide-ore copper mining. Sulfide-ore copper mining generates waste rock full of sulfates, which, when exposed to...
Biden Administration Restores Tongass Protections
The Department of Agriculture finalized protections for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest. The final rule, announced Jan. 25, repeals the Trump Administration's 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule, restoring protections to...
