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For this part of the story, I am basically quoting my source. Any errors are due to my misunderstanding of what my source told me. Back when the Obama administration came in, they settled litigation for making listing decisions and developed a schedule. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Governora Mead (WY), Hickenlooper (CO), Gary … Read more
The Center for Western Priorities sent this out in their newsletter this morning: The Trump administration released more details on its updated sage-grouse management plan. The previous plan, created in 2015, was a collaborative effort between a variety of stakeholders, from industry to environmentalists. As a result, it was popular throughout the West, with two-thirds … Read more
Botanist Andy Walker of US Forest Service discusses a failed road and culvert that remains impassable this summer in the Croatan National Forest following storm damage from Hurricane Florence last year. Jack Igelman / Carolina Public Press[/caption Another great story by Jack Igelman of the Carolina Public Press- full of interesting information about what happened … Read more
This piece by Peter Williams came from the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, which always has interesting posts. As I read Peter’s piece, I remembered Dave Iverson writing about wicked problems for years, including this piece from 2011 on TSW. In Coming to Public Judgment , Yankelovich (1991) determined that the most critical barrier to … Read more
The article from Sacramento TV station KCRA is about the French Meadows project on the Tahoe National Forest. I think we’ll see many more such collaborative projects aimed at protecting water supplies. Work is scheduled to begin this week on a first-of-its-kind partnership to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire around essential drinking water supplies … Read more
I thought that this story was very interesting and well written. It also talks about the views of Canadians, who just like us and the Mexicans, inhabit this wonderful (in the original sense) continent. There are many different scientists quoted from a variety of perspectives. Well worth reading in its entirety IMHO. One thing that … Read more
“XPRIZE, the global leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, has announced a collaboration with California Governor Gavin Newsom, to design an XPRIZE competition that would drive innovation and develop hardware able to rapidly detect and extinguish wildfires.” My entry:
By Alex Renirie In this historic year –the first legislative session after the International Panel on Climate Change warned in a special report in late 2018 that we have less than 12 years to make “rapid and far-reaching transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport, and cities,” with human-caused CO2 emissions dropping “by about 45 … Read more
I thought I’d repost this because Peter has much experience in this area. It originally came up in the context of “what is privatization” and “why do all the big Monument designations happen in Utah? What are the dynamics of some folks picking Utah as a target, and then attacking them for reacting? What’s behind … Read more
I ran across an interesting paper here on the gendered aspect of mediation compared to litigation. I think that it gets at some of the vibes I received when I was working for the Forest Service in litigation. I also think it’s germane to the Forest Service in that cooperators would like it if FS … Read more