#nationalforest — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #nationalforest, aggregated by home.social.
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At least some of the aircraft were DIVERTED from efforts to contain #wildfires elsewhere in the state‼️‼️, according to 2 agency officials & the Post analysis of the flight paths.
Communications reviewed by The Washington Post sent during the response to the blaze corroborate that Boren personally directed #USFS staff to address the Cabin Creek Fire.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #ClimateChange
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In total, about 9 aircraft, including helicopters, air tankers & tactical planes, responded to the fire ‼️ on July 12, acc/to an analysis of flight paths, part of an effort that lasted a few hours & cost nearly $115,000 in federal money [ #TaxpayersMoney ] ‼️. The analysis found that these assets traveled from across the West to Idaho’s Alturas Lake, near where the Cabin Creek Fire was burning.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires
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In those calls, according to the #USFS official with knowledge of the situation, Boren pushed for more aircraft to fight the fire even though “it was easily accessible by ground,” the official said.
He “was on the phone calling people that day asking why there weren’t more resources on the fire & when there was going to be more,” the official said.#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires #ClimateChange
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Two other agency officials said he called those offices, including at least once in the middle of the night. [must be nice to have government resources at your personal disposal for your private property]
Six current & former #USFS officials said the response was far greater than what is typical for a fire of that scale that did not pose a significant threat to life or property.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires #ClimateChange
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On July 12, what began as an unattended campfire grew into the Cabin Creek Fire, which spread to a few acres on a ridge in the Sawtooth #NationalForest. While at his mega-ranch, Boren called #USFS ofcls in the Sawtooth National Forest at the regional level & national operations in DC multiple times to question why there weren’t more aircraft battling the fire, acc/to one Forest Service official….This ofcl…said Boren asked when more assets would arrive.
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Boren, a #tech #billionaire & #Trump appointee, oversees about 200 million acres of #NationalForest & #PublicLands. He also owns thousands of acres in #Idaho, including the 480-acre Hell Roaring Ranch situated within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. And before his current role, Boren had clashed with the #USFS numerous times over the years.
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Of course he did.
Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment [ #USDA #NRE ] Michael Boren, who oversees the US Forest Service [ #USFS ], asked agency staff last month to escalate the amount of aircraft at a small 7-acre #wildfire that had started near his mega-ranch in #Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest, acc/to 2 Forest Service ofcls familiar with the matter.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #NationalForest #PublicLands #ClimateChange
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/08/14/top-trump-official-asked-more-resources-fight-small-fire-near-his-idaho-ranch/ -
"Driving through Mount Rainier National Park and Gifford Pinchot National Forest" has just been uploaded to Odysee.
#rainier #nationalpark #gifford #pinchot #nationalforest #forest #evergreens #pnw #scenic #drive #dashcam #enumclaw #washington #washingtonstate #nature #mountains
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The girl danced for hours in knee-deep water as slanting rain pelted her slight frame weighed down by a sodden buckskin dress. Each step…closer to the end of a ritual that…signified a beginning.
Several days earlier, Lozen Brown-Lopez arrived at the top of #OakFlat. She was 11 years old, from the San Carlos #Apache Tribe & about to endure a grueling 4-day ceremony…practiced by Apaches for centuries.
#ChíchilBiłDagoteel #SacredLands #NationalForest #mining
https://wapo.st/4aEKHYm
