The Ceiling of Southern California and the San Bernardino National Forest Association
Like a growing number of National Forests around the country, the San Bernardino National Forest is assisted in their mission by the San Bernardino National Forest Association, which complements their efforts by bringing in volunteer forces and funding to help with restoration, capital projects, and other initiatives, and stands as a model for similar associations and conservancies.
Elwha Dam Removal On Track In Washington’s Olympic National Park
The removal of the Elwha River dams is on track to become the largest dam removal effort in U.S. history, and the biggest engineering undertaking ever attempted by the National Park Service, serving as a precursor to the eventual removal of larger dam systems along the Snake and Klamath rivers. That’s the easy part.
Fresh Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River Opportunities In the Golden State
With multiple Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River proposals in Southern California, including the San Gabriel Mountains, northern San Diego County, and as part of the 2010 Mojave Desert Protection Act, it’s an exciting time for Daniel Rossman from the Wilderness Society and Steve Evans from Friends of the River. Featuring on-location audio from San Antonio Falls and Icehouse Canyon.
Reflecting On the Life and Career of 1960s Interior Secretary Stewart Udall
We’re saddened to report the loss of Stewart Udall, who died over the weekend at the age of 90. Mr. Udall served as Secretary of the Interior during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and was instrumental in the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act and dozens of National Parks and Monuments. Also, if you love the Grand Canyon, thank him: he kept it from being dammed in the 1960s.
New Surfrider Film Illustrates Cross Purposes of Water Agencies
Surfrider’s Belinda Smith, the Executive Producer of the animated film “The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water,” details how the mission of water agencies often runs counter to age-old lessons about the water cycle, plus Surfrider’s Stefanie Sekich discusses the current state of California’s dreaded oil-for-parks initiative.
Tree Hugging Day With Green Advocate Tamara Henry
Tamara Henry, new media innovator and the founder and host of Green T With Tamara TV, is slated to be the guest speaker at the second annual Tree Hugging Day in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 20th, at Palisades Park in Santa Monica. Ring in spring this year by getting yourself a little bark.
Treehuggers International Heading to Sacramento for Parks Advocacy Day
Treehuggers International is heading to Sacramento on March 8th to put in a little face time with California state legislators to not only encourage lawmakers to keep California State Parks open, but to reject a proposal to eliminate public funding for parks with funding from controversial offshore oil drilling projects which may never be approved.
Federal Court Halts Timber Suit In Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
In a victory for old-growth forests on public land, a federal judge in Alaska has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a timber industry coalition which would have led to additional logging of old-growth areas in the Tongass National Forest, a 1,000-mile arc of temperate rainforest along Alaska’s southeast coast containing some of the most intact, oxygen-generating and climate-regualting forest on the planet.
