NEWS
In the Inyo National Forest a Collaborative Alternative Team (CAT) was formed which included Advocates for Access to Public Lands. After numerous meetings approximately 150 miles of routes where negotiated to add and in some cases remove roads from the Inyo NF proposed Action.
It was an informal group from both sides and the Forest agreed to adopt our recommendations.

Greg Weirick
Advocates for Access to Public Lands

Inyo National Forest Update on Collaborative Process
Inyo Forest Collaborative Alternative Team Statement & Findings

RESEARCH
Roadless information from USDA Forest Service including national forest acreages for each state (PDF)
Skeptical Environmentalist- Danish Statistician is lambasted for research disproving many gloom & doom environmental theories
Greenspirit- Dr. Patrick Moore Co-Founder of Greenpeace offers practical answers to today's environmental concerns

MULTIPLE USE
Citizens for Balanced Use works to unite all who share the land to speak in one strong voice that cannot be ignored.
Public Access Preservation Association is a regional recreation group that supports and champions access and
                                            responsible use of public lands, and encourages individual environmental stewardship.
TuCARE-Tuolumne County Alliance for Resources & Environment
American Forest Resource Council- Managing our Forest environments responsibly & sustainably
National Public Lands News- Lots of information on Land Agency regulations & planning processes
Oregon Recreation Coalition-about helping our land managers in Oregon keep our public lands open FOR the public.

USER RECREATION FEES
Western Slope No Fee Coalition- Information on National Forest RSFMP 5 year plan to close perhaps 50% of developed recreation sites
Free Our Forests- Information regarding user fee issues in California, Oregon & the Nation

WATCHDOG
GreenWatch- keeps tabs on myths & misinformation regarding environmental issues

Watch the documentary video

HOW THE WEST WAS LOST
THE FALLACY OF FEDERAL WILDERNESS
Produced by
People for Preserving Our Western Heritage, The New Mexico Farm Bureau
and Crystal Clear Productions of New Mexico

Below are a number of very informative articles on Wildfire & Forest Management  

Everyone who cares about our forests should read the Saving Forest Book

Why do our Forest's need management?- Cal Poly report points out benefits of active Forest Management

Benefits of Forest Thinning-Journal of Forestry January/February 2006

Funding Environmental Initiatives-In depth Congressional Testimony on funding of anti Wise Use programs

Death of a Sawmill- Environmentalists wreck small businesses--and do ecological damage while they're at it.

NATIONAL FOREST
Playing with Fire- Have they burned your Forest yet?

American Forests-The Great Lie- We are wasting our Forest, but is not due to logging. We are ruining our natural wealth with political indifference & arrogance.

Today's Choices, Tomorrow's Forests- Dr Piirto Ph.D. head of department of forestry Cal Poly, speaks out in favor of active management March 2006

CALIFORNIA FORESTS
Professional Forester's Point of View- District Ranger Speaks Out in Favor of Active Forest Management

In Search of Sanity-"Environmental groups are unwittingly killing forests and wildlife throughout America with lawsuits. Ironically, they are doing so while claiming to save them". Dr Bonicksen PhD