National Forests

New National Forest Lands Financed By Drilling Fees

AP | JEFF BARNARD | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: US Offshore Drilling, Energy, Oil Drilling Fees, Video, Offshore Drilling Fees, Oil Drilling, Drilling Fees Forests, Land Water Conservation Fund, Drilling Fees, National Forests, US Offshore Drilling Fees, Offshore Drilling, Ap, Green News

Offshore drilling fees are financing the purchase of $41.6 million worth of new national forest lands in 15 states. Agriculture Secreta...

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'There Is An Urgent Need To Safeguard The Remaining Forest Lands'

| Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Forest Preservation, Kevin McCarthy, Roadless Area Conservation Act, National Forests, Jay Inslee, National Forest Legislation, Forest Legislation, Save the Forests, San Francisco News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Susanne Rust Nearly 60 million acres of national forests were put off-limits to motor ...

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A Greener Vision for Los Angeles: A San Gabriel Mountains Recreation Area

Bill Meadows | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: National Forests, California, San Gabriel Mountains, National Recreation Area, Los Angeles, Green News

With so many LA neighborhoods desperate for parks or healthy outdoor activities, a recreation area that includes the forests, as well as San Gabriel River sections near urban neighborhoods, would be a watershed moment.

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Why Logging US National Forestland to Sell Timber to China Is a Really Bad Idea

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Logging, Shinrinyoku, National Forests, Timber Sales, China, Brazil, Japan, Forest Bathing, Business News

Forests are our treasures whose value to recreation, health and happiness is immeasurable. With financial returns from logging our national forests uncertain at best, how can we even think of cutting them down?

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Millions of Acres of Land You Inherited Are at Risk

Rep. John Garamendi | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Congress, Protected Lands, California, Public Lands, National Public Lands Day, Environment, National Forests, National Parks, Green News

We are losing open space at an alarming rate. It is critical that we protect the green places we have and fight to maintain balance in the laws and policies that determine how our lands are managed.

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Canadian Company Pushing For Strip-Mine In Wyoming National Forest

AP | MEAD GRUVER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strip Mine on National Forest, National Forests, The West, Wyoming, Molycorp Minerals Inc., Rare Element Resources, Rare Earth Minerals, Black Hills National Forest, Denver News

SUNDANCE, Wyo. — A Canadian company hoping to compete with China's near-monopoly of rare earth elements – metals critical for everything from U.S....

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Election Stalls Progress Towards A Healthier Planet

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Oil, Environment, National Forests, Congress, Earthjustice, Green News

There is no reason to beat around the bush: the November election results are a setback in our progress towards a cleaner, healthier, more sustainable...

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Federal Investments Required to Expand Service and Learning Opportunities For Young People on Public Lands

Harry Bruell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Lands Service Corps Act, National Forests, Public Lands, Southwest Conservation Corps, National Parks, Denver News

Too many young Americans are exercising their thumbs playing video games these days, instead of exercising their bodies playing outside.

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Colorado Roadless Rule: It's Scientists Versus Politicians On State Exemption Issue

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Udall, National Forests, Bill Ritter, Tom Vilsack, Colorado Roadless Rule, Bill Owens, Denver News

Some key Colorado politicians seem to like the state's controversial roadless rule -- submitted last week to the Obama administration -- but a lot of ...

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Bill Ritter Submits Plan For Colorado To Manage Its Own State Parks

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Agriculture, Roadless Colorado, National Forests, Roadless Rule, Tom Vilsack, Bill Ritter, Roadless Areas, Denver News

Gov. Bill Ritter today is submitting a request to the Obama administration to let Colorado manage roadless national forests in the state according to ...

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Wyoming Roadless Rule Lawsuit:

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Clarence Brimmer, NEPA, Earthjustice, Wyoming, Clinton Roadless Rule, National Forests, Roadless Rule, Bill Ritter, Denver News

Environmental attorneys were encouraged by the tone of a final 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on the controversial 2001 Clinton Roadless R...

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Uncle Sam Complicit in Killing Colorado Forests

Sean Paige | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Interior, Interior Department, Mark Udall, National Forests, Public Lands, Denver News

It was reported several weeks ago that the beetle blight sweeping through Colorado is slowing somewhat. The bad news: It's slowing because huge swaths of forest are dead.

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Decades Later, Public Land Fund Still a Great Idea

Will Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Forests, Congress, Public Lands, Barack Obama, National Parks, Parks, Green News

As a former developer myself, I'm not against growth, but there are special places we all love that should be kept open and wild and not be developed.

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U.S. Forest Service Warns Hikers To Beware Of Campers Drinking Tecate Beer, Eating Tortillas and Playing Spanish Music

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Forests, Hikers, Marijuana Growers, Marijuana, U.S. Forest Service, Campers, Green News

The US Forest Service issued and then retracted a Labor Day warning advising hikers to "beware of campers in national forests drinking Tecate beer, ea...

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Putting the Keystone Back on Our Wildlands Legacy

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Logging, National Forests, Tom Vilsack, Roadless Rule, Logging-Rules, Obama Picks Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Deforestation, Forests, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Green News

Vilsack acknowledged for the first time that climate change and fragmentation are a serious threat to the health of our forests.

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Obama Moves To Block Building Roads In National Forests

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Forests, National Forests Roads, Building Roads in National Forests, Obama National Forests, Green News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says it will defend a 2001 rule imposed by President Bill Clinton that blocked road construction and other...

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Road-Building In National Forests Halted For One Year

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, National Forests, Vilsack, Obama Environment, Roadless Rule, Forest Road-Building, Green News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is ordering a one-year moratorium on most road-building and other development on about 50 million acres of...

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