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Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber

President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species

The Guardian - US

Firings at Forest Service Raise Alarm Over Corporate Takeover of Public Lands

Employees warn that recent dismissals could weaken protections for public lands as the new administration selects a former timber executive to head the agency.

Capital & Main

US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore Announces Retirement

US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore announces retirement due to recent mass firings of federal workers during Trump administration.

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Snowmobile Avalanche Reports Are Being Affected By the Forest Service's Budget Cuts

Earlier this year, I spoke about how recent Forest Service budget cuts are set to make public land use all the worse. How the trails we ride or use, how fire mitigation and seasonal workers would be affected by the nearly $750 million cut. But based on a report from…

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Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety

It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history

The Independent UK

US managers asked to do more to confront wildfire crisis

Lawmakers from several western states want the U.S. Forest Service to do more to address a wildfire crisis that they say will surely destroy more landscapes, communities and livelihoods

The Independent UK

Legislation would ease impact of Endangered Species Act ruling - Roll Call

Congress is eyeing legislation that would prevent the enforcement of a 2015 ruling on the Endangered Species Act.

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The U.S. plans new protections for old forests facing pressure from climate change

The Biden administration catalogued 175,000 square miles of old growth and mature forests on federal land. It plans a new rule to better protect woodlands from fires and other climate change effects.

WEKU

US plans new forest protections, issues old-growth inventory

The Biden administration has identified more than 175,000 square miles of old growth and mature forests on U.S. government lands

The Independent UK

New Mexico lawmakers seek assurances amid prescribed burns

Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are looking for assurances from the U.S. Forest Service that the agency is taking preventative measures to ensure that future prescribed fires don't turn into disasters

The Independent UK

The arrest that shocked the firefighting world – and threatens a vital practice

A fire chief is under investigation for a prescribed burn gone wrong and stirred up long-simmering tensions over wildfire risk

The Guardian - US

'Burn boss' arrest inflames Western land use tensions

A ranching family in Oregon is applauding the arrest of the leader of a U.S. Forest Service crew that carried out a prescribed burn in a national forest that spread onto the family’s property

The Independent UK

The U.S. Forest Service is taking emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires

The action would speed up projects to clear underbrush to protect the world's largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires.

WEKU

US takes emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires

The U.S. Forest Service says it will take emergency action soon to save giant sequoias by speeding up projects to clear underbrush to protect the world’s largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires

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Ecologists say federal wildfire plans are dangerously out of step with climate change

Many forest ecologists say the U.S. Forest Service is hampered by an outdated approach to prescribed fires, a key tool for reducing the threat of megafires made worse by climate change.

WEKU

Federal firefighters are waiting for pay raises they hope will help fill their ranks

While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.

The Denver Post

Forest Service ban on prescribed fires stalls work to protect Colorado residents, water supplies

DENVER — The federal suspension of prescribed burns pending a review of how recent fires lit during extreme drought escaped boundaries is reverberating in the West — and complicating Colorado efforts to revive ailing forests and reduce the severity of wildfires.

WEKU

US forest chief calls for a pause on prescribed fire operations

The U.S. Forest Service has been facing much criticism for the prescribed fire in New Mexico that escaped its containment lines and joined with another blaze.

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The Guardian - US

Drought, heat and extreme wind bring ‘explosive fire behavior’ to US

New Mexico still battling US’s biggest wildfire as blazes test fire crews in Texas and Colorado

The Independent UK

US forest chief calls for pause of prescribed fires

Federal officials are warning that expanding drought conditions coupled with hot and dry weather, extreme wind and unstable atmospheric conditions have led to explosive fire behavior in the Southwest

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Bonnie And Hide: Cops Bust Husband And Wife Car Crooks

The arrest took place in the city of Bunnell in Flagler County in the US state of Florida on Friday 1st April.

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