Despite previous legal victories, environmental designations, and local public opinion, a Canadian mining corporation is once again taking new toward developing a new mine in the foothills of North America’s most active volcano: Mount St. Helens.     The impacts of hard rock mining extend far beyond the locations of mines themselves. Several recent studies...

In the last few weeks, certain online spaces have been flooded with inaccurate or misleading stories with alarming headlines claiming that the Trump Administration ordered the dismantling of the US Forest Service.  The US Forest Service is not being dismantled, but it is undergoing a massive reorganization.    What changes are part of the USFS...

Executive Director’s Note: Despite overwhelming evidence and public opinion, the federal government is choosing to bury its head in the sand at a time when confronting and adapting to the realities of climate change is more important than ever. Earlier this month, the administration repealed the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which classified climate change-causing greenhouse gases as...

The Department of Agriculture is again trying to curtail the public’s ability to meaningfully participate in decisions impacting federal lands. Proposed changes would significantly limit the amount of time we have to comment on plans and decisions for timber sales and other land management projects managed by the US Forest Service and limit the amount...