The U.S. Forest Service is proposing major changes to the Travel Management Rule – the basic policy that determines where motor vehicles can travel on our national forests and grasslands. For more than 20 years, the rule has provided a common-sense approach: local land managers work with communities and forest users to identify which roads,...

Executive Director’s Note: For decades, logging and mining lobbyists have argued that regulations requiring public input and transparency hold back progress, but on a recent trip to Washington, D.C., I told members of Congress a different story. My message was simple: transparency, accountability, and public input actually make projects more efficient and lead to better outcomes. I pointed to the success...

Cascade Forest Conservancy staff, volunteers, and Forest Service botanists recently conducted native plant surveys in wildfire-impacted forests beneath the slopes of Mount Adams.  There we observed signs of climate change impacts affecting our forests, but documented examples of how CFC and our community can make a positive impact.       On this occasion, we climbed...