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By Doug MacCleery, U.S. Forest Service, Retired January 20, 2020 Western Wildfires: How did we get into this mess
A sea change in how federal judges view collaborative forest restoration projects is underway. It is plainly visible in rulings
Another forestry giant is gone. Wesley Moss Rickard, who is widely believed to be the intellectual force behind modern-day industrial
Mitch Friedman is the Founder and Executive Director of Conservation Northwest, a Seattle-based conservation group that grew out of a
"Over the last 100 years, we have seen a literal epidemic of young trees filling in our forests. When
“About three years ago, I wrote an essay in which I asked whether wildfire can be both good and bad
“Really worthwhile social change is seldom easily accomplished. It takes a long time to build trust on common ground. Our
There is something unethical about allowing a person or a group that refused to participate in the collaborative planning of
“Measuring annual growth against annual mortality, some east-of-the-Cascades national forests in Washington may already be in a deficit, meaning they
“We are witnessing an “all hands on deck” mindset and an urgency that has not been seen in the Pacific
"Conservationists who have joined collaboratives – and that includes me – fear that talk of arbitration could easily morph into talk
You worked for the Forest Service for 23 years and were met with much controversy surrounding your 1997 decision to
Evergreen: Let’s talk about the A to Z project for a moment. The litigators who refuse to collaborate were
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