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Planning Rule- Missoulian

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Opinions mixed on new U.S. Forest Service planning rule Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/opinions-mixed-on-new-u-s-forest-service-planning-rule/article_6e1bbe7e-77c5-11e1-a7ae-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz1qJtz8ntH The U.S. Forest Service’s recently released planning rule could turn the agency into a more efficient decisionmaker or create a department of perpetual planning, depending on who you listen to. “We are ready to start a new era of planning that takes less … Read more

More Supportive Statements on Planning Rule

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Here’s the link. Broad Support for Final Planning Rule Final rule to restore the nation’s forests through science and collaboration WASHINGTON, Mar. 26, 2012 – On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s final Planning Rule for America’s 193 million-acre National Forest System that includes stronger protections for forests, water, and … Read more

Planning Rule Published!

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Congratulations to all who participated in this 2.5 or so year effort, Forest Service workers, members of the public, members of stakeholder groups, other agencies! USDA Publishes Final Rule to Restore the Nation’s Forests Through Science and Collaboration Here’s the link to the press release and here to the rule itself and miscellaneous related documents. … Read more

Pandora’s Box: “The Southeast Alaska Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act”

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The following article is from the website of the Greater Southeast Alaska Conservation Community (GSACC), a regional organization based in Sitka, Alaska.  The Board of Directors of the organization includes an impressive and diverse group of longtime Southeast Alaska residents, including: commercial fishermen, a PhD biologist, former Forest Service foresters, hydrologist and a regional economist, … Read more

Audubon: Implications of Pending Tongass National Forest Land Selections on Forest Diversity

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Thank you to reader David Beebe for passing along this new report from Alaska Audubon titled, “High‐grading on the Tongass National Forest: Implications of Pending Land Selections on Forest Diversity.”  The entire Audubon report is available here.  I’ve pasted the report summary below, although that’s also available in PDF form here, with the citations included. … Read more

Odd bedfellows try collaborating to resolve conflicts- from E&E News

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Thanks to a friend from Montana for this one from E&E News. Here’s a link to the principles agreed to by the Montana Forest Restoration Committee. This photo is from the Monitoring tab on the MFRC website. This quote below is interesting: “The groups said the project — the first CFLRP-funded project to come under … Read more

Highest Number of Comments Yesterday

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This blog has had its highest number of views (491) ever in the last few days (since its inception in 2009), perhaps due to the Colt Summit project? I told Matthew that the fact that we have more views about Colt Summit (and collaboration/litigation) than “Naked ice climber scales frozen waterfall” says something optimistic about … Read more

New Research: Who Litigates, Who Collaborates and Why?

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A few years ago I received a phone call from from a researcher conducting a study about grassroots environmental organizations’ attitudes and behaviors toward ‘collaboration’ in national forest management. Caitlin Burke, Ph.D., with the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University wanted to know about the factors that affect state and local … Read more

Dueling Colt Summit Opeds in Helena Paper

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Today’s Helena Independent Record included dueling guest columns concerning the Colt Summit timber sale lawsuit, which is the first lawsuit of a timber sale on the Lolo National Forest in over five years.   One oped comes from Michael Garrity, a 5th generation Montanan, who’s the director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies.  The other … Read more

Colt Summit Update: FS Confirms Restoration Work Under Contract

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Much ado is being made about the Colt Summit logging and restoration project on the Lolo National Forest.  In fact, last week The Wilderness Society, Montana Wilderness Association, National Wildlife Federation and Yaak Valley Forest Council joined with the Montana Logging Association, Montana Wood Products Association and others to actually file a “friend of the … Read more