As Climate Threatens California Redwoods, Salvation May Lie Within
Genetics may be the key to saving California's ancient coastal redwoods from the climate change that threatens them.
Source: Washington Post, 02/08/2018
Forests
"Forests: Old Growth, New Fight: Tongass Timber Slows Wildfire Bill"
"The old-growth timber industry's fight for survival in Alaska may be complicating congressional efforts to reach a long-term solution to costly wildfires."
Source: E&E Daily, 01/29/2018
Trump USFS Downgrades Review Of Obama Mining Ban Near Minn. Wilderness
"The Trump administration will curtail a detailed review of how cordoning off 230,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in Minnesota from mining development will affect a neighboring wilderness area, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 01/26/2018
Charting the Year Ahead in Environment, Energy News
This is a decisive time on the energy and environment front, with challenges and confrontation expected over the consummation of the Trump deregulatory agenda. Our second annual issues guide provides a roadmap for covering the big stories. The guide's formal launch took place at an SEJ event in Washington, D.C. on January 26. If you missed it, the webcast is archived here.
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U.S. Top Court Takes Up Property Rights Case Involving Endangered Frog
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed hear a bid by timber company Weyerhaeuser Co seeking to limit the federal government’s power to designate private land as protected habitat for endangered species in a case involving a warty amphibian called the dusky gopher frog."
Source: Reuters, 01/23/2018
Between the Lines: In Trump Era, Author Ponders What TR Would Do
The environmental legacy of past presidents tells us much about the current White House, whose occupant author Douglas Brinkley calls "a used car salesman of the worst kind." In this "Between the Lines" Q&A, the historian talks about what we can learn from TR and FDR, the future of the environmental movement and the role of journalists.
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"Death Toll Rises To 17 In California Mudslides, 17 Missing"
"The death toll from devastating mudslides in affluent communities along a stretch of Southern California coastline rose to 17 on Wednesday after two more bodies were recovered, the local sheriff said, and the number of people missing also climbed to 17."
Source: Reuters, 01/11/2018
13 Dead After Flooding, Mudslides Force Thousands To Flee In California
"At least 13 people are dead and more than 20 are injured in California from weather-related incidents, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. The southern part of the state has been drenched with severe rain just weeks after several fires tore through the area."
Source: ABC News, 01/10/2018
Energy Remains Big Issue for Public Lands Management
Long-standing disputes over exploitation of public lands bubble over as the Trump administration advances campaign promises to ease restrictions on energy development. A special TipSheet, part of our 2018 Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment, has resources for covering public lands-related issues as they play out in the coming year.
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Over 400 Structures Destroyed In 115,000-Acre Ventura County Wildfire
"Gusty Santa Ana winds and bone-dry conditions continued to stoke major wildfires in Southern California on Thursday as Ventura County fire officials said the battle there could last well over a week."
Source: LA Times, 12/08/2017
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