Trump directs agencies to increase timber sales on national forests and other public lands.
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Trump Issues Executive Order to Increase Logging on Federal Lands
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Congress Approves Farm Bill Without Controversial National Forest Loopholes
Earlier versions of the bill would have expanded commercial logging in the Los Padres National Forest.
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ForestWatch’s Top Accomplishments in 2018
From stewardship projects to legal battles, we’ve been busier than ever.
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Forest Service Approves First Commercial Logging Project in Los Padres National Forest in Decades
The 1,200-acre commercial logging project is moving ahead without environmental review.
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House Passes Farm Bill That Would Gut Forest Protections
H.R. 2 expands environmental exemptions for logging, road construction, and other activities on national forest lands.
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Forest Service Receives Overwhelming Opposition to Proposed Commercial Logging Projects
Over 99% of public comments submitted opposed the project.
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Forest Service Plans Commercial Logging Near Mt. Pinos with No Environmental Review
Projects could impact California condors and spotted owls.
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Industries Put Pressure on Forest Service to Roll Back Environmental Law
Forest Service plans changes that would make it easier to bypass National Environmental Policy Act.
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ForestWatch’s Top Accomplishments of 2017
Join us as we reflect upon some of our biggest accomplishments of 2017 and build our momentum into the New Year.
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ForestWatch Responds: A Better Way to Protect Communities from Wildfire
ForestWatch writes op-ed in response to local radio host’s inflamed rhetoric.
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