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President Trump Orders Expansion of American Timber Production

President Trump issues new Executive Order: Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production Policy Paper: Enhancing Wildfire Response and Forest Management Through Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) By Viki Purdy County Commissioner of Adams County Abstract Wildfires have become an increasingly severe and costly issue in Idaho, with nearly one million acres of federal land burned […]

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A View from the Front Lines – The Case for Local Forest Management

A Conversation with Dorothy Moon & Tea Party Bob LISTEN HERE: IdahoRadio.com When Dorothy Moon checks her mail, it requires a 26-mile round trip from her home in the heart of Idaho’s Sawtooth region. As Idaho’s GOP chairwoman describes her surroundings in Custer County, where 97% of land falls under federal control, she isn’t speaking as […]

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Congressman Russ Fulcher Leads Letter Demanding Immediate Action on Idaho Forest Management

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher led a letter to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Randy Moore, alongside U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, demanding the federal agency take prompt and decisive action to address forest management and post-fire recovery in Valley County, Idaho. The letter comes after recent and ongoing wildfires […]

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Destructive Forest Mismanagement

Our Forests are Dying & Burning due to Poor Forest Management & the Ban on DDT Insecticide which Controlled Pine Beetles. Please work to restore DDT to stop the death & burning of our precious US Forest Service forests. DDT was used very safely to control Pine Beetles. Poor forest management of not allowing the […]

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