Video: After The Fire Is Out
Part 1 in a series – What happens after the fire is out? Are burn scars rehabilitated and replanted? The answer may surprise you. This video was produced by Communities for Healthy Forests.
64th North Star Expo Returns to Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Minnesota’s biggest logging equipment show is returning to Itasca County! The 64th Annual North Star Expo opens Friday September 15th at the Itasca County Fairgrounds in Grand Rapids. Admission to the two-day event is free. The Expo features more than 100 exhibitors, including over $15 million in the latest logging, trucking, and sawmill equipment and…
Facing another catastrophic wildfire season, Congress must act
Our oped originally appeared in The Hill: As Congress returns from its August recess, it’s time for the federal government to turn its attention to reforming forest management policies. Catastrophic wildfires are affecting millions of Americans living near our dying national forests, where wildfires are resulting in tragic losses, threatening communities and polluting our air…
Management of Forests, Wild Horses & Intellectual Dishonesty
Capt. William E. Simpson asked us to publish the following response to Laura Kay Snell’s article on issue of wild horse grazing wildfire. When we consider all the data about wildfire and megafire, it’s clear there is a growing trend of increasing catastrophic deforestation via wildfire. And these new-breed of extraordinarily hot wildfires are without…
Walden: Enough Smoke. Enough Fires.
Congressman Greg Walden represents Oregon’s second congressional district. He penned the following open letter to his district: Enough is enough. When Cycle Oregon and performances at the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland get canceled because of fires and the toxic smoke, it’s long past time for Congress to address how federal forests are managed and how…
In a Changing Environment, Wilderness Doesn’t Promote Tourism or Protect Public Lands
Some say the only solution to protecting public lands is to seal them within designated wilderness areas. Build an artificial wall, and our national treasures remain pristine forever. Erik Fernandez of Oregon Wild made this case in a pre-eclipse guest opinion, but the problem with this philosophy is it assumes our natural landscapes exist only…
Laura Kay Snell: Effects of Unmanaged Wild Horse Grazing on the Devil’s Garden
Laura Kay Snell of the University of California Cooperative Extension, Modoc County contributed the following perspective in response to Capt. William E. Simpson’s article on wild horse grazing. Working with public land managers in Northeastern California on USFS and BLM land, the University of California Cooperative Extension has been conducting research on wild horse impacts…
William Simpson: The Deforestation Of America
Capt. William E. Simpson II – USMM Ret. contributed the following opinion article to Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities. The current trend in the deforestation across America is alarming to say the least. And considering the lack of the implementation of effective cost-efficient pre-fire management strategies, one has to wonder; is there a method to this…
National Wildfire Institute: Disaster Looms for America’s Natural Resource Treasures
The following white paper comes from Bruce Courtright at the National Wildfire Institute. The intent of this brief is to ask for your immediate action to help halt what is becoming the demise of America’s natural resource treasures. The public lands are especially at risk. Specifically, we need your immediate help to support new legislation and…
Add Your Voice to Forest Policy: Lake States Healthy Forests Healthy Communities (HFHC) Grows in the Lake States
By DeAnn Stish, Healthy Forests Healthy Communities Great Lakes Coalition partner Minnesotans care about their forests, and our national forests are an important part of that equation. How forests are managed impacts everything from wildlife, water and air quality, climate change, and our economy. Two years ago, a coalition was launched in the Great Lakes…