Forestry, land management, and public policy in the news
E&E News – ClimateWire – June 9, 2014 The Citizens Climate Lobby will release a plan today for a carbon tax that proposes mailing monthly checks to nearly every American, including children. The California– based group supports enacting a $10 ...»
Camino May 16, 2014 – To date CAL FIRE has responded to twice as many wildfires than average and it is anticipated that fire season will only continue to get worse. Fortunately, CAL FIRE began its transition into fire season ...»
Appeal-Democrat and Territorial Dispatch – May 8, 2014 To the constituents of Yuba County’s 5th District: You may have received a letter from Hal Stocker, our incumbent 5th District supervisor, stating “Soper-Wheeler has designated some 5,200 acres of land for ...»
Judge: Agency cannot charge for parking The Bend Bulletin – May 5, 2014 – A ruling in federal court in California this week could unravel the U.S. Forest Service’s system of charging fees to visitors, with the judge ruling the ...»
Appeal-Democrat – Sunday, April 27, 2014 Strawberry Valley-based Soper-Wheeler Co. has been selected as this year’s Champion of Yuba County during the Yuba County Perspectives 2014 breakfast to promote economic development in the county. The family-owned, global lumber company received ...»
Sacramento proves that cap and trade is about income redistribution. Wall St. Journal – April 22, 2014 – California seems to be the place where bad ideas go to live—and reproduce. Behold Senate president Darrell Steinberg’s brainstorm to spend cap-and-trade ...»
Sierra Sun Times – April 7, 2014 – Assembly bill 1867, the Homeowner Wildfire Protection Act was approved in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee Monday. Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) introduced AB 1867 to allow landowners clearing defensible space around their ...»
FoxNews.com – March 14, 2014 – All Andy Johnson wanted to do was build a stock pond on his sprawling eight-acre Wyoming farm. He and his wife Katie spent hours constructing it, filling it with crystal-clear water, and bringing in ...»
Associated Press – March 5, 2014 – Authorities say unemployment and drug addiction have spurred an increase in the destructive practice of cutting off the knobby growths at the base of ancient redwood trees to make decorative pieces like lacey-grained ...»
Sacramento Bee – Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 – In a blistering ruling against Cal Fire, a judge in Plumas County has found the agency guilty of “egregious and reprehensible conduct” in its response to the 2007 Moonlight fire and ordered ...»
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