Search Results for: 4FRI

Who Should Pay for National Forest Thinning?

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Sharon’s 10/29 4FRI post reports on “a $10 million bond issue to raise money to support forest-thinning projects,” primarily on national forest lands within the watershed from which Flagstaff’s municipal water is piped. The article mentions two examples of local financing for national forest thinning, but in neither case did taxpayers approve the financing. In … Read more

The Impact of Catastrophic Forest Fires and Litigation on People and Endangered Species: Time for Rational Management of our Nation’s Forests

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Thanks to Bob Berwyn for finding this in time for some of us to watch..here’s the link to the site.. they may post the video later. Observing this, I think we need to move beyond partisan blathering, snarkiness and grandstanding to do good public policy. I’m simply embarrassed by our elected leadership on both sides. … Read more

Time for litigating forest restoration projects has ended : Editorial from Az Daily Sun

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Here’s a link. Below is an excerpt. The Forest Service helped its cause by finally releasing its rationale for picking the Montana company for the initial 300,000-acre contract. — Pioneer would hire about 500 people, — It could get started just seven to eight months after contracts were signed — It would make a variety … Read more

4-Forests Restoration Initiative Update: A sinking feeling the Forest Service has done it again

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There’s more fall-out from the Forest Service’s questionable decision to award a massive 300,000 acre timber harvesting contract as part of the Four Forests Restoration Initiative (4FRI) in Arizona to an under-the-radar Montana timber corporation represented by a retired Forest Service official.  The 4FRI is a showcase forest restoration project for the Obama administration under … Read more

NEPA Pilots- 4 FRI and Bell Landscape

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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

Zone of Agreement? – Fire and Fuels Treatments

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See this press release from Center for Biological Diversity. Collaborative Forest Restoration Project Has Lessened Damage, Severity of Arizona’s Massive Wallow Fire SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz.— U.S. Forest Service officials say forest restoration work implemented under the White Mountains Stewardship Contract — part of a cooperative project among conservationists, local communities and government agencies — has lessened … Read more