Proposed Changes to NEPA Regulations

Proposed Changes to NEPA Regulations

The Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is proposing revisions to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. These regulations are a key component of how the agency performs environmental analysis and makes decisions....
Old Flames: The Tangled History of Forest Fires, Wildlife, and People

Old Flames: The Tangled History of Forest Fires, Wildlife, and People

Story By Hugh Powell; Photographs by Jeremy Roberts Black-backed Woodpecker by Jeremy Roberts/Conservation Media. June 17, 2019 Many fire ecologists have long had an alternate perspective on large, severe fires like Rice Ridge: that they are inevitable and largely...