 [1] | When Good Policies Lead to Bad Decisions [1]
A few weeks ago I got a demoralizing phone call, highlighting how some people refuse to see things in any colors other than black and white. I'm a feminist woman and an environmentalist and the Forest Service is more offended by a cartoon of a topless woman on a dune buggy than by the damage that dune buggy causes the land. more .. [1].
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 [1] | News: Legacy Roads Remediation funding in Region One (Montana, Northern Idaho) [1]
In late March, the Northern Region of the Forest Service, announced the dispersal of $4.7 million in new road management funds. About 20% of the overall northern region funding will go to restore fish passage by fixing culverts, and approximately 20% will go to road reclamation. more ... [1]
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 [2] | News: Plum Creek/USFS road easement redesignation [3]
Behind closed doors the Forest Service has been in negotiation with Plum Creek about road easements. If successful in redesignating their easements as public access, Plum Creek will be able to develop hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and potentially place additional burdens of road maintenance upon the already-burdened public. more ... [4]
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 [5] | Opinion: Our State Is Clean, Green and Collaborative [6]
Washington Congressman Norm Dicks and Governor Chris Gregoire discuss the role that collaboration plays in environmental restoration in Washington. They single out the Washington Watershed Restoration Initiative as a "Yet another win-win - protecting working forests is good for the environment and keeps people working in the forest products industry." more ... [7]
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 [7] | Photos: Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah [7]
Fighting the tide of locals escaping town during the ugliest event of the tourist season, our brave Utah Coordinator ventures into the desert to capture these images of one of the nation's most high-profile off-roading events. Check it out. [7]
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