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Typically, when conservationists talk about old-growth forests, they focus on protecting forests that have already reached that stage. In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a new conservation easement takes a different approach by protecting a forest so it can naturally develop old-growth characteristics. Backed by more than $20 million in federal, state, and private funding, the easem...

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Comment Now to Protect the Crown Jewels of our National Forests. The U.S. Department of Agriculture published a proposed rule Aug. 18 to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule in its entirety, stripping protection from 44.7 million acres of the wildest national forest land in the United States. Comments are due Sept. 21. We […]

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The USDA is accepting public comments about rescinding the Roadless Rule until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Click here to read the proposed rule change and to comment. As the frontline National Forest advocate, FSEEE is working to identify and compile the best available information about the push to dismantle the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation […]

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule in its entirety, stripping protection from 44.7 million acres of the wildest national forest land in the United States. The USDA published the proposed rescission rule Aug. 20, and public comments are due Sept. 21. We have one month to respond, […]

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A study published June 11 in Science by Stanford researchers Iván Higuera-Mendieta and Marshall Burke and covered last week by The Washington Post confirms what fire ecologists and Indigenous communities have advocated for generations: low-severity, controlled burning is one of the single most effective strategies to prevent extreme wildfires and improve long-term air quality. A...

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