For millennia, native people have used flames to protect the land. The US government outlawed the process for a century before recognizing its value.
Read More >“Because there’s more of us, with everyone expecting the paraphernalia of a modern society, we face all the challenges of a growing population in a 21st century economy. The demands we are putting on our land base risk overwhelming the region. And make no mistake, land is fundamental to our lives and livelihoods — whether you’re a Denny Regrade Amazonian, a pine marten in the Cascades or a great pacific octopus in the Puget Sound trough. To best respond, we must first agree on what’s at stake and where we are headed.”
Read More >“Walk through any of the 2,711 square miles of Wenatchee National Forest or even glance at a map of central Washington, and you’ll inadvertently find yourself strolling through the travel journal of a man named Albert H. Sylvester.”
Read More >“In the 1950’s, I grew up on the South Oregon Coast where my father worked for Weyerhaeuser as a lumber grader. My father was concerned that Weyerhaeuser was over-logging and that those practices were not sustainable. My mother thought the timber companies were not paying their fair share of taxes. They were both right.”
Read More >“On a cloudy morning in early May, I hopped out of Paul Engelmeyer’s pickup and into the middle of a logging project on Oregon’s Siuslaw National Forest. I was on another leg of High Country News’ “On the Road to 50” tour of the West, which aims to learn about our readers’ concerns as this organization hits the half-century mark.”
Read More >“This past November, Alaska voted on Measure 1, an initiative brought to the ballot by nearly 50,000 signatures, my own included, to protect the state’s salmon habitat. If Measure 1 had passed — it didn’t — Alaska would have become the first territory in the world to treat each of its ocean-run streams as salmon waterways, ensuring healthy fish for generations to come.”
Read More >“A new government report shows the outdoor recreation industry accounts for $412 billion in economic activity, about $40 billion more than previously estimated.”
Read More >“A new survey suggests that a revised plan managing millions of acres of forest in the Pacific Northwest would be more likely to meet with the approval of local residents if it safeguards clean drinking water, old-growth forests and outdoor recreation opportunities.”
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