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January 2020 Litigation, Part 1

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FSEEE v. USFS Court decision:  The 9th Circuit held that the Olympic National Forest decision to grant a special use permit to the Navy for electronic warfare training was consistent with the forest plan, after allowing documents outside of the administrative record that showed they had considered the availability of private land. Greater Hells Canyon … Read more

Trump Administration Continues Work with States on Endangered Species Protections on Platte River

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It seems only fair, that if we’re to read the press releases of, for example, CBD about how bad things are, we should also highlight when there are environmental success stories.  I wouldn’t have found this one except a paragraph in a local newspaper.  Short story: Feds and state are getting along with water providers … Read more

Multiagency Effort Spawns Giant Forest, Recreation Project in Pend Oreille County

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From the Spokesman-Review here via the Forestry Source. Note: “This is the first time that a tribe is doing environmental analysis for the forest service using state funds.” Twenty years ago, the proposal being presented at public meetings in January for forest restoration and recreation projects on 90,700 acres in Pend Oreille County would only … Read more

Nez Perce-Clearwater plan revision alternatives

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On a recent thread about getting land management decision “right,” I criticized an agency strategy of not identifying a preferred alternative in a draft EIS , using an example from BLM travel planning.  I said I was seeing more or this in land management planning, and here is an example from the Nez Perce-Clearwater forest … Read more

Brown’s Canyon Monument Planning, BLM’s Use of the Online Story Map, and the “Sustainable Alternative”

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I received an email from the Colorado Mountain Club this morning asking me to weigh in via public comments on the Brown’s Canyon management plan, which is joint between the BLM and the Forest Service. The Sustainable Alternative is interesting from the “how local collaborative work should be considered” perspective, and also “what people disagree … Read more

Changing wildfires Sierra Nevada may threaten northern goshawks

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Thanks to Nick Smith for including this press release in his Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities news roundup today. The paper mentioned is here ($S). Goshawks prefer late-seral forest, but such stands are at greater risk of fire. California spotted owls aren’t the only at-risk species. Changing wildfires in the California’s Sierra Nevada may threaten northern … Read more

Reimagining The Rural West – WGA Workshop- Today !!

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  This is going on today in Post Falls Idaho… you can watch it on Youtube. You can also make comments on Youtube. But I’m interested in your thoughts here.  Which one did you watch and what did you think? You can watch them later as well. Here are a couple of that look interesting … Read more

Tony Erba on The Challenges of “Getting it Right” in Land Management Decisions

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This is a guest post from Tony Erba, in our series “What is “getting it right” in land management decisions, and how can stakeholders and the FS facilitate that?” I’ve asked a couple of people for guest posts, but anyone, anonymous or  not, is welcome to submit one.  I wonder whether others have similar experiences … Read more

What Do People Mean When They Say “Clearcut”?: Colville Example

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Maybe the term “clearcutting” means so many things to so many different people, that it’s not helpful in understanding people’s specific concerns with forest practices.  Let’s go to a case we’ve discussed recently on the Colville. Here’s a statement in the KRCG press release that Matthew posted here: The plan signals a significant increase in … Read more