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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 29/06/2026

Six day comment period a bit insulting. Project docs (found elsewhere as published Box folder URL is invalid here) state “It is anticipated that it will take approximately 3 to 5 years to complete actions associated with this project.” Only 6 days can be spared for a 3 to 5 year response? C’mon.

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The thing is, they were caught blatantly misrepresenting the facts on this project and that immediately makes me doubt their 42 Divide project for the same reason. That project also targets mature/old-growth stands as well. The maps produced for both projects were sloppy and incomplete

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NFFE-Forest Service Council @nffe-fsc.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Please help us stop the illegal dismantling of the Forest Service actionnetwork.org/letters/cong... (we're the largest FS union representing 20,000 Forest Service employees including many of the ~7000 being forced to move) @altnps.bsky.social

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Congress must act: Stop the Forest Service workforce dismantlement

Tens of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees represented by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) are urging members of Congress to oppose the Trump administration's announced ...

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

This is such bullshit and Trump 2.0 has lived up to everyone’s anxiety. Even without this rule change, the public has been cut out using CEs & other cheats. Thankfully some FS Supervisors have chosen to still engage the public even when legally not required.

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Bark for Mt. Hood @barkformthood.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

“We can do a lot of guesswork as to the motivations behind [the legislation], but the reality is we need to protect our water resources. We need to protect the wildlife, and we need to protect the land for the betterment of the citizens of this country.” -Will Fett, Executive Director, Bark

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Environmentalists worry Google behind bid to control Oregon town's water

Concerns about Big Tech have emerged in a proposal to transfer Mount Hood land.

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains. IYKYK. Only made this one album but it’s incredible.

$Album cover for 24 Gone’s lone album, “The Spin” which was released in 1990. The album cover is black with a 2-D fractured assortment of red and navy blue pieces in an expanding loose circular manner.$

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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Forests, Fires, and Falsehoods: Exposing the Timber Industry’s Greenwashing Playbook This is for those who prefer citations/data over talking points. Evan Frost and I unpack how “sustainable forestry” has become a shield for carbon loss & habitat destruction. The full paper: 🔗 bit.ly/4qEjz1m

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(PDF) Forests, Fires, and Falsehoods: Exposing The Timber Industry's Greenwashing Playbook

PDF | On Oct 14, 2025, Lyle Lewis and others published Forests, Fires, and Falsehoods: Exposing The Timber Industry's Greenwashing Playbook | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchG...

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Section 106 for thee, just not for me

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It’s rare these days but some breaking GOOD news- the BLM is canceling the very controversial 42 Divide Timber Sale Project in Southern Oregon (for now). Oregon environmental groups were “all in” to fight this project & the EA produced was so shoddy

Screen shot from the Bureau of Land Management’s ePlanning NEPA project website for the 42 Divide project in southern Oregon. The latest project news is from July 1st informing the public that: “Due to external and internal comments, the BLM is cancelling the 42 Divide Forest Management Plan on this ePlanning page today, July 1, 2025. This cancellation will allow for more time to align this environmental analysis with the Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultation timeline. Please note that the "cancelled" designation refers only to its status in the ePlanning NEPA Registry, not its viability as a project. The 42 Divide Forest Management Plan will be reloaded onto ePlanning with a different NEPA number at a later date. The BLM will post a link here to refer the public to the new ePlanning site for the project. All comments collected with this ePlanning number will be retained in the project record.”

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The BLM is trying to pull some shit with their 42 Divide project.. 😒🤨

The BLM South River Field Office has released an updated Environment Assessment (EA) for the 42 Divide Forest Management Plan (42 Divide). The updated EA contains revisions to the May 2025 EA. The BLM's updated 42 Divide EA incorporates updated information and language to improve clarity. BLM has identified additions to the EA using (blue colored font). The BLM is seeking public comments on the updates in blue font in the updated 42 Divide EA. Please submit comments by 4:30 PM PST on June 30, 2025.

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Sad to see this inholding in the Willow Flats area on the Umpqua National Forest get logged. It’s bordered by 275+ yr old old-growth. One of my favorite areas in the North Umpqua now will have a clearcut scar

Sentinel-2 satellite image timelapse from May 1st 2025 through June 4th 2025 showing the progression of logging operations on a 120 acre inholding owned by Sierra Pacific within the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon

Drone photo looking north towards the 120 acre inholding owned by Sierra Pacific in the Willow Flats area on the Umpqua National Forest. This photo was taken in October 2024. There is a small pond (the Emile Pond) in he center of the photo

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I’ve become a huge proponent of digitally archiving old work. If you’re an enviro group, *please* preserve old project documents along with your group’s groundtruth efforts. 1/2

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Ive made a map to check whether or not your favorite Northwest Forest spot now facing increased logging due to the recent Executive Order. This map combines the two criteria (Section 602 lands & very high/high wildfire risk) into one zoomable map. www.arcgis.com/apps/instant...

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Random post but does anyone have recommendations for locksmiths in the City of San Francisco proper? I need to resolve some entry door lock issues for a house that’s in the Sunset district. Thanks!

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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Contact committee members and urge them to vote NO on SJ 14. committees.legmt.gov#/standingCom... Sign up to testify by 1 pm on Tuesday. You can also submit your comment by email or phone up to 1 pm on Tuesday. legmt.gov/participate

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Committee Explorer

Explore, track, and stay informed on committee activity in Montana with the Montana Legislature Committee Explorer application. Access detailed information, monitor committee progress, and engage wit...

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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Tell Senate Energy, Technology, and Federal Relations committee members that Montanans want to see the few remaining wild areas of our national forests protected, not roaded, commercially logged, or developed.

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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

SJ 14 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Energy, Technology, & Federal Relations Committee on Tuesday, March 25 at 3 p.m.

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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Montanans Oppose SJ Resolution 14, which asks Congress to strip protections from >6 million acres of national forest roadless areas, including the Badger-Two Medicine, and another million-plus acres of Wilderness Study Areas on national forest or Bureau of Land Management lands. #MTPol #MTLeg

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We're All Mad Here @wereallmadhere13.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Everyone - please submit your public comments for the proposed changes to NEPA! NEPA is a PROCESS but does not require a certain outcome - federal agencies utilize NEPA to consider the env impacts of a project prior to doing/funding the work. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations

This interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations. In addition, this...

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Zelenskyy should walk without signing anything. This is a fucking embarrassing display on our part. Total capitulation to Russia.

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This isn’t just some random trailhead, either. This is a very popular year round hike along I-90 just below Snoqualmie Pass.

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you went to college 1. what was your career goal when you started? 2. your initial major? 3. if you changed majors, what did you change to? 4. what do you do now, professionally? 1. No Idea 2. Political Science 3. Geography 4. Cartography / GIS Analyst

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Calling your reps is only the 1st step. This excellent old Amnesty International advocacy video gives very practical next steps for turning that call into a relationship. It also offers great tips on how to keep the pressure up until you get what you want. This should be mandatory for civics class.

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How to lobby your elected representatives

YouTube video by SKT DCA

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

"The Medford District BLM [in OR] approved the Rum Creek Salvage Logging Project last yr, w/ no public process. This video depicts a complete road failure initiated by the logging that damaged riparian areas downstream, all the way to the Wild & Scenic Rogue River." www.youtube.com/watch?v=re7z...

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Rum Creek Salvage Logging Disaster - Road Failure 1

YouTube video by KS Wild

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Really surprised but grateful for this. The FS attitude & response to public comments during this project was discouraging. Paraphrased example: “we’re building 17 miles of temporary roads on this project but we won’t tell you where they are..”

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Forest Service has killed the Old Growth Amendment, which is probably for the best considering who will be in charge in 2 weeks. Wondering if the same should be done to the Northwest Forest Plan Amendment as well..

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

A lot has happened since the last meeting, including the release of the DEIS and the election. Curious how this is going to go..

Screenshot of a livestream placeholder image for the Northwest Forest Plan Amendment Federal Advisory Committee meeting. The image shows a forest with swirling clouds above it, with yellow fall colors.

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The Mt Hood National Forest is scoping the Stone Creek Vegetation Management project in the Timothy Lake area. It proposes several treatments that seem contrary to the Scenic Viewshed allocations in that area. Scoping comments are due 1/3/2025

Oblique aerial perspective showing the overlap of proposed Stone Creek Vegetation Management project treatments and the B2 Scenic Viewshed allocations in the vicinity of Timothy Lake in the Mount Hood National Forest.

Several campgrounds and day use facilities in the vicinity are highlighted as is the Pacific Crest Trail.

1st page from the 1990 Mount Hood National Forest Management Plan describing the B2 “Scenic Viewshed” land use allocation

2nd page from the 1990 Mount Hood National Forest Management Plan describing the B2 “Scenic Viewshed” land use allocation

3rd page from the 1990 Mount Hood National Forest Management Plan describing the B2 “Scenic Viewshed” land use allocation

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Nothing like putting together a photo book of your year’s best photos and completely forgetting about a particular set of photos that should have been included. 😑😞 And it’s not like I take a huge amount of photos these days so I can’t even blame it on an overwhelming output 😂

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

At the beginning of each administration, there are hopes & dreams that an incoming director will effect change. Unfortunately, if one cares about the public forests in Oregon, Traci Stone-Manning made zero difference. “Meet the new boss- same as the old boss.” www.seattletimes.com/business/bid...

seattletimes.com

Biden’s public lands director named to lead environmental group

A senior official in President Joe Biden’s administration who oversaw its contentious efforts to address climate change by curbing oil exploration on federal lands has been named the next president of a prominent environmental group.

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Kathleen Edwards “Copied Keys” last night here in Seattle 🥰🥺

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I love this show so much 😂

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Timeline cleanser. Saw the Surfrajettes on their West Coast swing last night here in Seattle. Great band. Go see them!

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

With winter off to a good start, I’m obsessing with what my winter time lapse is capturing. I set up my camera here a month ago on a ridge at about 6,000’ in the southern Oregon Cacscade range. Hoping it stays above the snowpack 🤞🏻😬🤞🏻

View down into a valley in the southern Oregon Cascade mountain range on a clear, sunny day. There are dead trees in the foreground from a previous wildfire but the forest in the distance is alive.

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Steve Cole @scolephoto.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The Forest Service released their Draft EIS for the Northwest Forest Plan Amendment today. There will be a 120 day comment period, which puts us firmly into the new, regressive administration. I can’t imagine that they’ll let this process play out but who knows. www.fs.usda.gov/project/?pro...

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