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Oregon Counties Face 90 Percent Reduction in Timber Money
Oregon Counties Face 90 Percent Reduction in Timber Money
Oregon Counties Face 90 Percent Reduction in Timber Money
SALEM (AP) — A U.S. Forest Service program that infused rural communities with millions to make up for lost timber revenue is drying up. Oregon faces a 90 percent reduction in the payments that have kept critical services afloat in many areas since environmental rules curtailed logging on federal land...
Draft Decision Allows More Navy Electronic-warfare Training
Draft Decision Allows More Navy Electronic-warfare Training
Draft Decision Allows More Navy Electronic-warfare Training
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has issued a draft decision that would allow the Navy to expand its electronic warfare training on the Olympic Peninsula. Tuesday's proposed decision would authorize a special use permit for the Navy to conduct ground-to-air training using mobile electronic transmitters on Forest Service lands...
Feds Eye Central Idaho Forest Road Use Following Lawsuit
Feds Eye Central Idaho Forest Road Use Following Lawsuit
Feds Eye Central Idaho Forest Road Use Following Lawsuit
BOISE (AP) — Federal officials are reconsidering how roads and motorized trails in a portion of the Sawtooth National Forest could harm threatened bull trout following a lawsuit by an environmental group. As a result, a federal judge on Wednesday put the lawsuit by WildEarth Guardians on hold until Feb...
Monsanto Looking at BASF; House Approves Bill For Delisting of Gray Wolves
Monsanto Looking at BASF; House Approves Bill For Delisting of Gray Wolves
Monsanto Looking at BASF; House Approves Bill For Delisting of Gray Wolves
Monsanto’s reported pivot towards BASF has the business community a buzz . Bloomberg columnist Brooke Sutherland wrote that it could be “a ploy to get more money out of Bayer.” It remains to be seen if this is rumor or reality. The House approved the 2017 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act...
US Wildfire-fighters Making Plans for 2016 Season
US Wildfire-fighters Making Plans for 2016 Season
US Wildfire-fighters Making Plans for 2016 Season
The nation's primary wildfire-fighters are getting ready for the 2016 season, which is expected to be worse than average in Hawaii, Alaska and the Southwest. U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will meet with regional forest officials Tuesday to discuss plans and preparations...

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