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A new report finds that North Carolina’s forest management plans effectively preserve forests while allowing for recreation and commercial use. Preserving forests by shutting them away from human interaction has…
Krystina Skurk uses a Federalist column to explore the role “misguided” environmentalism played in today’s destructive wildfires. Article after article blames two things for California’s frequent fires: global warming and…
The US Forest Service is updating its land management plan. Activist mountain bikers think they are being treated unfairly; they won’t be allowed in wilderness areas because their recreation form…
An informal meeting of representatives from the US Forest Service and the Friends of Big Ivy appears to have convinced the crowd there is no logging planned in that portion…
The US Forest Service held public input sessions. It did not get the input it wanted, so it will have another round of public input. Members of the public complained…
Public input sessions for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forest management plan revision are winding down. Managing national forestland is always a humorous concept. The lands are supposedly set aside…
Yogi Bear was smarter than the average bear. That means that there must be a bear or bears with below average intelligence. Looks like we’ve found one: Smokey Bear, a.k.a.…
Man is so stupid, he destroys nature. Nature is so stupid, it needs man to plan it. If you like playing games with this kind of rules, then the upcoming…
Greg Gutfeld remarked recently that he wondered how many homeless people were grad students studying the phenomenon. I have often wondered how many drug dealers were sting officers. Today, we…
Seems the GAO has a new report out calling for the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to work together to develop a new plan to increase the…
Peter Suderman explores for Reason.com the results of the last stimulus package. If you want to see where a little bit of your $833 billion stimulus went, head south from…
Graham County wants to begin a recycling program, but it continues to have setbacks. Early on, the truck that was to be used for hauling was damaged in an accident.…