Dwindling bat numbers hindering Minnesota study
Associated Press
July 9, 2018
The number of the bats in Minnesota has seen a steep decline due to white-nose syndrome.
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service agrees to study domestic sheep grazing near bighorns
Associated Press
July 5, 2018
Federal officials have agreed to settle a lawsuit with environmental groups that prevents domestic sheep from grazing in eastern Idaho until a scientific study addressing how they might threaten bighorn sheep with deadly diseases is
Study: Warming winters could lead to another bark beetle spread in Santa Fe area
Associated Press
July 3, 2018
SANTA FE, N.M. — A bark beetle epidemic wiped out swaths of pinon trees around Santa Fe more than a decade ago, and now new research predicts that warming winters could spell more trouble. Scientists
Guided hikes: In search of bison at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Associated Press
April 4, 2018
WILMINGTON, Ill. — Visitors to the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Wilmington in northeastern Illinois will soon be able to go on guided hikes to look for bison. The U.S. Forest Service says that, depending
Timber harvest project to benefit ‘brook trout heaven’
Associated Press
March 21, 2018
MADISON, Wis. — An environmental organization and the U.S. Forest Service are working together to harvest timber in northern Wisconsin. The 2014 Farm Bill has allowed the two groups to enter into a stewardship agreement,
Judge stays four lawsuits that seek to block PolyMet land swap
Associated Press
March 8, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge has put on hold four lawsuits filed by eight environmental groups to block a land swap that the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota needs to move forward. U.S.
Scientists: Climate change leads to beech boom, and that’s bad for forests
Associated Press
February 27, 2018
Changes could have major negative ramifications for forest ecosystems and industries that rely on them.
Forest Service reins in Arizona forest-thinning project
Associated Press
February 16, 2018
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Federal officials who oversee a troubled forest-thinning project in northern Arizona are stepping on the brakes, saying they lack needed information. The massive project which aims to speed up forest restoration has
Lawsuit: Water diversions in Utah’s Sawtooth Valley harming salmon
Associated Press
February 1, 2018
Says U.S. Forest Service is violating environmental laws by failing to do mandatory consulting on the 23 projects with other federal agencies and instead is continuing to authorize the irrigation diversions in violation of the
