#Trump admin declares emergency in #California's #federal #forests

The executive action spans the entire state

By Erin Rode, Contributing LA Outdoors EditorApril 8, 2025

"A memo from the secretary of the United States Department of #Agriculture released last week outlines the Trump administration’s plans to quickly expand logging operations in the country’s #NationalForests, which could dramatically reshape the landscape of popular recreation areas in California."

Read more:
https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/california-national-forests-logging-20263873.php

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/K6esm

In #BritishColumbia, a Key to Preserving #OldGrowthForests: Salmon https://atmos.earth/in-british-columbia-a-key-to-preserving-old-growth-forests-salmon

"There are #salmon in the succulent fruit of #salmonberries, the bodies of #bears, the deep green of #trees... In the salmon forests of the #PacificNorthwest and the Canadian coast, the well-being of #fish, trees, and humans are delicately intertwined."

Four new #mushroom species discovered in Sweden https://phys.org/news/2024-12-mushroom-species-sweden.html

The genus Phellodon (Basidiomycota #Fungi) in Europe: Four #NewSpecies, one new combination, four new typifications and a first European record https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wfbi/fuse/pre-prints/content-f1_fuse_vol15_art1

"They live in #symbiosis with different host #trees on different types of #soil, some in calcareous beech #forests, others in acidic pine #bogs. However, one environmental requirement unites all the new species—their association with #OldGrowthForests."

Forest Defenders Declare Victory After 22-Day Tree Sit - UNICORN RIOT

https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/forest-defenders-declare-victory-after-22-day-tree-sit/