by Web Editor | Aug 17, 2018 | News, News/PR
The Trump Administration announced a new policy to fight wildfires, doubling down on its assertion that the best response is better forest management rather than focusing on climate change. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said Thursday that the U.S. Forest...
by Web Editor | Mar 14, 2018 | News, News/PR
President Donald Trump’s administration moved quickly last week to install a female wildland firefighter to lead the U.S. Forest Service after the agency’s former chief stepped down amid sexual misconduct allegations. The appointment of Vickie Christiansen as interim...
by Web Editor | Sep 22, 2017 | News, News/PR
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that four large national monuments in the West be reduced in size, potentially opening up hundreds of thousands of acres of land revered for natural beauty and historical significance to mining, logging and other...
by Web Editor | Jun 5, 2017 | News, News/PR
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was in Great Falls Thursday for an “agriculture summit” hosted by Senator Steve Daines. Perdue promised big changes at the U.S. Forest Service, which his department oversees. Former Georgia Governor Sunny Perdue has only been...
by Web Editor | Feb 3, 2017 | News, News/PR
Northern Minnesota loggers said Wednesday that the region’s harvest is down significantly, and with about month left in the winter timber season, the clock is ticking. Industry groups also said that President Donald Trump’s notion he will renegotiate the North...