Republicans in Congress are working to pass a budget reconciliation bill that includes a range of dangerous and destructive proposals. In aggregate, the bill serves to transfers wealth to the nation’s richest individuals and corporate interests and is funded through a combination of deep cuts to social welfare programs, placing a staggering debt burden on...

The Fix Our Forest Act (FOFA), which was recently passed in the House and is currently under consideration in the Senate, threatens to seriously undermine environmental regulation and dramatically increase unsustainable logging practices in federally managed forests. Backers of the new bill claim it provides a path to protect forests and forest-adjacent communities, based on...

Details regarding the Trump Administration’s plans to weaken environmental regulations and increase the speed and scale of timber production on federally managed lands are beginning to take shape, and the situation is developing at an alarming rate.  In a recent blog post, we discussed a number of recent executive orders that framed domestic energy and...

Currently, the Washington State Legislature is working on finalizing the state’s budget for the next biennium. As you may have seen in the news, the state anticipates a budget shortfall and is seeking areas to make budget cuts. One place they are looking to make cuts is appropriations for the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR)...