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The latest original material from Tommy and related authors on current issues and the environment, including cited news content.

Adam Sadowski: I Found My Passion in the Forests and Mountains

February 18, 2025

By Adam Sadowski On Friday, Feb. 14th, I was terminated from my position as a trail crew foreman for the U.S. Forest Service. My entire crew in the Beartooth Ranger […]

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Liz Evergreen: Please Stay Informed and Fight for Us

February 18, 2025

After nearly nine years of service, I lost my job with the U.S. Forest Service because I am a Schedule A probationary employee. The reasoning the new administration put on […]

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Jennifer Giller: My Husband Surpassed All Expectations

February 18, 2025

By Jennifer Giller My husband Michael and I moved from Texas to Montana for his dream job. But before I jump to the dream job, I’d like to mention the […]

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Jennifer Bunty: Duty, Patriotism, and a Desire to Do What’s Right

February 17, 2025

By Jennifer Bunty “Terminated, effective immediately.” At the risk of exposing what a nerd I am, I’ll tell you that when I first opened my Forest Service uniform, I held […]

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No Better Tool to Combat Climate Change Than Old-Growth Forests

June 14, 2023

This piece by Alex Craven originally appeared in the Northwest Passages community forum series in the June 10, 2023, edition of the Spokane Spokesman-Review. By Alex Craven When envisioning Washington’s […]

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Logging Threatens Area Between Wallowa Range and Hells Canyon

April 5, 2023

Submit Your Remarks to the Forest Service Here One of the highlights of my conservation career occurred during the summer of 2013, when I recorded the plaintive howl of OR-4 […]

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Trump Administration Jettisons Environmental Review to Cut Mature Forests in California

September 12, 2020

By Mia Taylor with Tommy Hough As California finds itself amid another devastating wildfire season, there’s perhaps no more timely or critical environmental topic than the logging of our National […]

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