U.S. FOREST SERVICE FIELDING FLEET OF DRONES
Law Enforcement Wants “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” Hovering Above Forests
Forest Service
News Releases
U.S. FOREST SERVICE DROPS MASSIVE RESTRUCTURING
Avoiding “Additional Disruption and Confusion” Will Keep Biologists in the Forests
FOREST SERVICE OUTSOURCING PROGRAM A FIASCO, GAO FINDS
Scathing Report Rips Firefighting Erosion, Illusory Savings and Law Violations
FOREST SERVICE TO PULL ITS SCIENTISTS AND PLANNERS FROM FIELD
Massive Consolidation of NEPA Functions Will Take Thousands Out of Forests
FOREST SERVICE PROMISES ROAD CLOSURES TO STEM ORV RAVAGES
Conservationists encouraged by USFS first steps to restore water quality in Tellico ORV area
CASH STARVED FOREST SERVICE SPENDS $600,000 TO BUY TASERS
Devices Remain in Boxes Because Rangers Lack Training
FOREST SERVICE MISMANAGEMENT OF OFF-ROAD VEHICLES SPURS SUIT THREAT
Sportsmen, conservationists join to protect prized trout habitat in NC and TN
FOREST SERVICE OUTSOURCING PLAN PRODUCES BIG LOSSES
Claimed “On the Books” Savings Swamped by “Off the Books” Costs
NEW FOREST SERVICE CHIEF HAS CHECKERED PAST
Responsible for Largest Whistleblower Retaliation Case in Agency History
FOREST SERVICE CANNOT SUPPORT SAVINGS CLAIMS FOR OUTSOURCING
Independent Audit Casts Doubts on Administration Estimates
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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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