Monthly Archives: April 2023

An Arbor Day Question – Are there too many trees or not enough?

By Kyle Johnson Editors note: Kyle Johnson is a forester with the Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula Field Office. Mr. Johnson is not affiliated with Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities but gave us permission to share his Arbor Day message. For Arbor Day (this Saturday April 29th) I thought we’d tackle a question that’s been vexing…

ACRES Act Holds Forest Service Accountable for Wildfire Mitigation

The Forest Service has repeatedly told Congress that a very large portion of the National Forest System is in poor forest health and is highly vulnerable to severe wildfires. As many as 80 million acres, or 41 percent of the National Forest System, is at high risk. Congress responded by giving the agency billions of…