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PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem and five of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to President Biden and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack opposing the amendment of all land...
Six Republican governors, including South Dakota's Kristi Noem, sent (Feb. 7, 2024) a letter to President Bide...
The Biden administration’s December announcement that it plans to protect from logging old-growth trees such as those slated for removal in the Yaak’s Black Ram timber sale, is a reason for everyone to celebrate. Few old-growth forest lands remain in the West and even fewer in Montana. Losing these forests to the saw is counter to all our best interests. These forests are critical to mitigating climate change and once lost, will take centuries to replace. We simply don’t have the time.
The U.S. Forest Service has issued a proposal that would amend all 128 forest land management plans in its jurisdiction with language aimed at better...
The protections, proposed Wednesday, aim to preserve and build upon the country's existing stock of old-growth forest — about 24.7 million acres worth — with the aim of preserving crucial habitat and using the large, old trees' carbon-storage capacity to somewhat offset carbon emissions.