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Progress on forests comes through cooperation: Brian Sybert in the Missoulian

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Progress on forests comes through cooperation http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/columnists/progress-on-forests-comes-through-cooperation/article_5631042e-b3cd-11e1-b45e-0019bb2963f4.html 36 minutes ago • Guest column by BRIAN SYBERT In the Missoulian, on May 30, Michael Garrity of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies compared several local timber companies to Nazis and compared Montanans who partner with them to Nazi collaborators. As extreme as his views may be, … Read more

Collaborative Forest Management: What the FACA?

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Recently, one of the main the topic of conversation here at NCFP has been about collaborative forest management. We have wandered though several posts and many comments into the controversy surrounding, in particular the Montana Forest Restoration Committee in Montana and the Tongass Futures Roundtable in Alaska. In these discussions, there have been those sitting … 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

Alliance for Wild Rockies Responds to MT Standard Editorial

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A few days ago, the Montana Standard ran this editorial blasting the Alliance for Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystem Center for a lawsuit filed on the Fleecer timber sale on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.  The editorial also claimed that the paper couldn’t think of any instance in recent years when WildWest Institute hadn’t sued to … Read more

The Missoulian on Objections and Appeals

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Thanks to the Missoulian for giving us a break from the planning rule.. my comments in italics.. U.S. Forest Service streamlines appeal process By ROB CHANEY of the Missoulian | Posted: Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:16 pm | No Comments Posted What’s the difference between an appeal and an objection? When dealing with the U.S. … Read more

Now Entering Litigation: The Cone of Silence Descends

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I would just like to restate that I believe strongly in “telling the truth and obeying the law.” The discussion below is about the pros and cons of resolving natural resource disputes through the courts. Awhile back, I had some questions about what the litigants on the Colt Summit project felt needed to be changed … Read more