U.S. Forest Service

When the rule was first enacted in 2001, the government held hundreds of public hearings that took nearly two years.

The Trump administration is revising the Travel Management Rule, a U.S. Forest Service policy that dictates when motorized use is allowed.

The Trump administration moved forward with repealing the Roadless Rule last week, kicking off a final public comment period ending Sept. 21.

The administration also wants to dramatically increase logging on national forests.

For the first time, the United States Forest Service authorized the use of N95 respirators for federal wildland firefighters.

Tom Schultz, the head of the U.S. Forest Service, provided a pointed appraisal of the nation’s forests during a gathering of governors from western states. Acres burned are up 50% compared to the 20‑year average, forest leader says

Low morale, staffing woes and health worries are among the top issues shared by hundreds of federal wildland firefighters who responded.

The land agencies are taking steps to protect establishing climbing routes and their “fixed anchors,” which have been a subject for debate in recent years. Public comment is open throughout the summer.

Federal layoffs dovetail with a low-snowpack year to make for tenuous firefighting teams, say ex officials.

Several environmental groups have joined in a lawsuit alleging that federal agencies are wrongfully killing predators on public lands to protect livestock across the Mountain West.