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U.S. House fixes the fire borrowing mess; on to the Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives has belatedly fixed the fire borrowing mess that has for several years forced the

The Newspaper Ad I Want to See
This full-page advertisement in the May 2 Wall Street Journal that caught my eye: A Federal Court has ordered R.

The Public Interest
Many organizations claim to be public interest groups – that is to say, groups that advocate or lobby for a perceived

How many cigarettes in a burning tree?
A cigarette is what, three inches long? A burning tree is anywhere from 100 to 250 feet tall How many

The War on The West
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately

California Flamethrowers and National Wildfires
California Assemblyman, Miguel Santiago, is apoplectic at the news that Elon Musk’s Boring Company pre-sold 20,000 of its

10 minutes, 15 at the most
The six living former Chiefs of the U.S. Forest Service have jointly signed a letter to the U.S.

Dopey owls and dopey forestry
The new fret about pesticides killing northern spotted owls is worrisome on several fronts, but hardly news. Marijuana growers have

The Sense of a Goose
Yesterday, I went looking for an essay I wrote maybe 25 years ago titled, The Sense of a Goose. I

The Pack-a-Day Club: The Smoky Sequel
I never cease to be amazed by the stuff that comes over the transom here at Evergreen. Just when I

The Pack-A-Day Club
I wrote the first draft of this essay last October 9, then decided to set it aside until next summer

A Sea Change in How Federal Judges View Collaborative Forest Restoration Projects: Part II
A Coeur d’Alene Press editor recently asked me why I believe federal judges are beginning to see collaborative forest