Forest News

EPA objects to proposed oil pipeline from Canada  The Environmental Protection Agency is raising new objections to a proposed pipeline that would carry oil from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. In a letter to the State Department, the EPA said it remains concerned about the risk of oil spills that could affect drinking [...]

Salazar Gives Up on Wild Land designation  Salazar Gives Up on Wild Lands In a nod to the Congressional opponents of Secretarial Order 3310, Interior Secretary Salazar announced on June 1st that the Bureau of Land Management would not be designating any federal lands as “Wild Lands.” The 2011 Continuing Resolution, (Public Law 112-10), contained [...]

Army Corps issues new management plan for upper Yellowstone River The Army Corps of Engineers has released a long-awaited plan that provides a new way to manage the Upper Yellowstone River. The plan, called the Upper Yellowstone River Special Area Management Plan, directs the Corps to evaluate how a project may affect the entire watershed, [...]

   Frontier Airlines Partners With The Wilderness Society http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110412006663/en/Frontier-Airlines-Partners-Wilderness-Society  April 12, 2011 12:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time  Commits to protect wilderness and connect people with wild places DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In further support of the communities in which it flies, Frontier Airlines is pleased to announce a partnership with The Wilderness Society, a leading public-lands conservation organization working [...]