FOREST SERVICE TREADS WATER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT MAELSTROM
Torrent of Discontent Results in Little Concrete Action and No Leadership Change
Forest Service
News Releases
RETIREES DECRY FOREST SERVICE LAW ENFORCEMENT MELTDOWN
Agriculture Secretary Asked to Remove Enforcement Chief for Rank Incompetence
FOREST SERVICE CHIEF BALKS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORMS
Volcanic All-Hands Meeting Results in Stalling Tactics Not Leadership Change
TOXIC MORALE GRIPS FOREST SERVICE LAW ENFORCEMENT
Survey Reflects Leadership Void, Loss of Direction and Widespread Fear of Reprisal
PERSONAL VIDEO CAMERAS A BUST IN FOREST SERVICE
500 Video Devices Gather Dust after Clueless Purchase by Law Enforcement Branch
TICKET QUOTAS ISSUED TO FOREST SERVICE RANGERS
100 Citations-a-Year Target Rankles Officers Confused by Contradictory Directives
FOREST SERVICE KNIFES ITS OWN LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET
DOUBLE-DIGIT CUT PROMPTS REDUCED PATROLS AMONG SCRAMBLE FOR “ECONOMIES”
FOREST SERVICE DRONES STUCK IN HANGAR FOR 7 YEARS MAY TAKE OFF
Drone Deployment to Be Governed by Internal group with No Public Involvement
FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES VOTE NO CONFIDENCE ON LEADERSHIP
Survey Reveals Strong Doubts on Management Competence, Integrity and Policies
ORVS BARRED FROM CAROLINA-TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN FOREST TRAILS
Federal Court Upholds Closure of the Tellico ORV Area to Protect Brook Trout
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Ruined Relics — Crumbling Cultural Resource Protection (October 2002) Ruined Relics is an account by former cultural resources staff and volunteers of Los PadresNational Forest documenting the dramatic declineof one of the premiere historical preservationprograms in the nation. more >> |
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Stealing the Tongass — Playing by Alaska Rules in the U.S. Forest Service (November 1996) The institutional complicity of the U.S. Forest Service results in widespread commercial timber theft, massive scaling fraud and illegal exporting of unfinished public logs from the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. more >> |
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Unindicted Co-Conspirator — Timber Theft and the U.S. Forest Service (March 1996) The Forest Service has unilaterally disarmed the war against major timber theft and fraud by removing its police from the forest protection beat. Salvage sales, supposedly designed to promote forest health, leave the national forests and the American taxpayers at the mercy of an industry honor system -- an open invitation to steal. more >> |
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Business As Usual — A Case Study of Environmental and Fiscal Malpractice on the Eldorado National Forest (February 1996) The Forest Service has mismanaged the Eldorado National Forest in California and has attempted to cover-up wrongdoings. Agency managers have committed environmental violations costing tens of millions of tax dollars. more >> |
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