News Releases

North Carolina Governor Mike Easley Applauded to Acting to Protect State’s Wild Forests 3/6/06

Over 250,000 Petition Forest Service to Reinstate Forest Protections 3/2/06

Virginia Gov. Warner Becomes First to Request Protection of National Forests 12/22/05

Statement of U.S. PIRG Executive Director Gene Karpinski on the Bush Administration's Proposal to Repeal the Roadless Rule 7/8/04

Taxpayers And America's Tongass Rainforest Win In Late Night House Vote 6/16/04

Environmental Groups and Members of Congress Call on Bush Administration to Keep Promise to Uphold the Roadless Area Conservation Rule 5/5/04

President Bush Gives Early Holiday Gift To The Timber Industry: Logging Bill That Fails To Ensure Protection For Communities At Risk From Fire 12/3/03

Senate Passes Logging Bill That Fails To Ensure Protection For Communities At Risk From Fire 10/31/03

Statement of U.S. PIRG Conservation Advocate Tiernan Sittenfeld on Environmental Amendments to the Interior Appropriations Bill 7/17/03

Statement of Tiernan Sittenfeld, Conservation Advocate, On The Passage Of The So-Called Healthy Forests Restoration Act 5/20/03

New GAO Report Shows Public Participation, Appeals Do Not Interfere With Fuel Reduction 5/14/03

Statement of Tiernan Sittenfeld, U.S. PIRG Conservation Advocate, On The Forest Service Stifling The Public And Harming Our National Forests 4/29/03

Western Communities Would Be Left At Risk From Wildfire Under McInnis Bill 4/29/03

Bush Administration Threats To Public Lands Since November 7, 2002 2/26/03

Heritage Forest Campaign Delivers the Bush Administration A "Funny Valentine" 2/10/03

U.S. PIRG Denounces Bush Administration's Proposed National Forest Management Act Regulations 11/27/02

U.S. PIRG "Awards" Companies Doing The Most Damage To America's Public Lands And Other Wild Places: "Winners" Include Boise And Marathon Oil 10/10/02

U.S. PIRG Urges Bush Administration to Protect Communities from Fires: Statement of Tiernan Sittenfeld, Conservation Advocate 8/22/02

U.S. PIRG Applauds Members of Congress for Working to Protect Our National Forests 7/25/02

U.S. PIRG Applauds Members of Congress for Working to Protect Our National Forests 6/5/02

It's Time to Protect America's Natural Heritage: Statement of Tiernan Sittenfeld, Preservation Advocate 5/8/02

Bush Administration To Undermine Forest Rule 7/6/01

Bush Administration Announces It Will Modify Forest Rule 5/4/01

President Clinton's Final Decision On Wild Forest Protection Plan Is A Conservation Victory 1/5/01

Forest Service Issues Wild Forest Protection Plan 11/13/00

Blue Ribbon Coalition Promotes Timber, Mining, and Oil and Gas Interests Over Recreation 6/20/00

Statement of Gene Karpinski, Executive Director, on the Forest Service’s Draft Plan to Protect the Last Wild Forests 5/9/00

PIRG Report "Public Loss, Private Gain" reveals Big Timber's Dirty Secrets 6/10/99