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Forest Service announces transfer of forest restoration contract FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Forest Service announced today the nation’s largest stewardship contract to treat 300,000 acres over a 10-year period as part of the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) has been transferred from Pioneer Forest Products to Good Earth Power AZ LLC (Good Earth). Good Earth … Read more
This blog has had numerous posts, debates and discussions about the Four Forest Restoration (4FRI) in Arizona, including this article, “Is the US Forest Service killing the last best chance to save the Southwest’s forests?” Well, the latest development via the in-depth reporting of Pete Aleshire with the Payson Roundup in an article yesterday titled, … Read more
Thanks to Terry Seyden for this.. something to keep an eye on. For more info, here’s the link to Bell Landscape and here’s the link to 4FRI http://politicalnews.me/?id=11776&keys=CEQ-NEPA-ENVIRONMENT-REVIEWS PoliticalNews.me – Feb 13,2012 – CEQ and Forest Service announce project to improve efficiency of federal environmental reviews WASHINGTON, —The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced a … Read more
Here’s the link to an Arizona Daily Sun story. On paper, they are all starting on the same page. Now comes the hard part: finding the money and implementing one of the most ambitious forest restoration plans in the country. More than 20 organizations — some of them past legal adversaries — signed a memorandum … Read more
Another reason to travel to Missoula in June I thought some of our faithful readers and contributors might be interested in attending the Place-Based Forest Agreements & Laws Symposium, to be held in Missoula, Montana on June 8th and 9th. I’ve teamed up with the National Forest Foundation to organize the event. We have invited … Read more
This story map is nicely done. Shout out to the folks who produced it! *********************** If you, readers, have something you are proud of.. please send it in and I will share. Some FS people do this, but as with our piece on SERAL, there are many great stories out there. And I know of … Read more
(Links are to additional background and/or court documents.) FOREST SERVICE Chequamegon-Nicolet NF project implementation In Februrary, the Environmental Law and Policy Center sent a letter to the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest supervisor requesting that operations in the Sunfish Timber Sale, which are part of the controversial Fourmile logging project, be stopped because they had violated terms … Read more
It seems like plaintiffs have been picking on some other folks lately. FOREST SERVICE Idaho wilderness airstrips Intervention denied in Wilderness Watch v. Jackson (D. Idaho) In this case involving the use of airstrips in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, described here, the court denied a motion to intervene filed by the Idaho … Read more
Thanks to a Smokey Wire reader for this one! The story is about Sagehen Creek Field Station run by UC. Well worth reading in its entirety. Lots of leadership, including by Scott Conway the silviculturist as well as I’m sure many others on the District, the Sagehen Creek folks, collaboration and patience. Sure, we all … Read more
NAU pilot project tests exporting wood products via railway (and ship) to speed forest restoration A pilot project at Camp Navajo has the potential to unlock a critical bottleneck in forest restoration and wildfire prevention efforts across northern Arizona by creating markets for restoration byproducts like wood chips from small-diameter trees. The pilot project, led … Read more