Current work in wildlife, rivers, public lands, and climate

The Forest Service is using the spirit of Christmas, which is about giving, to steal our democracy
Contact: Helen Gaussoin Albuquerque Journal

A Forest Service review of the Perk-Grindstone Thinning Project in Ruidoso found several violations of President Bush's new law intended to expedite forest thinning.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

The real focus of these Forest Service projects should be fireproofing people's homes and residential area, not fireproofing the forest because we can't fireproof the forest.
Contact: Albuquerque Journal

The USFS is negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the State of Arizona to arrange for a brand inspector to be present when the cattle are removed from the allotments and impounded. A brand inspector will verify ownership.
Contact: Walter Mares Copper Era - Eastern Arizona Courier

Under an August 26th deadline, WildEarth Guardians filed the first ever "objection" in the state under President Bush's Healthy Forests Act.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Objector contends that with this project, Forest Supervisor Jose M. Martinez and the Lincoln National Forest (LNF) violate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)..
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

The Bureau of Land Management said yesterday it would prepare a supplemental environmental impact study before releasing a final rule affecting 160 million acres of grazing land
Contact: David Loos Greenwire

Today WildEarth Guardians decried the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) announcement "that it will prepare a supplement to the final Environmental Impact Statement on proposed changes to its grazing regulations."
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Forest Service files Notice of Impoundment intending to round-up his unauthorized cattle
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

A rancher whose cattle are scheduled to be removed from two grazing allotments for which he does not hold permits has asked Arizona's governor to
Contact: Walter Mares Copper Era - Eastern Arizona Courier