Caught up in their assault, environmental organizations are found chasing their own tail...
Changes are needed because the Forest Service has been negatively influenced by anti-forestry activism and the real and perceived threat of litigation over NEPA compliance. Consequently, the agency developed a risk-averse culture, requiring its people to spend more time preparing paperwork when they should be actively managing and mitigating the threats to multiple-use public lands, especially those that have been identified as suitable for timber harvests.
How environmental analysis inadvertently drains the Forest Service budget
Under the existing process, the Forest Service is unable to keep up with declining forest health as well as the impacts of climate change.
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