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"2 Firefighters Working On Bear Gulch Fire Arrested By Border Patrol" [1]

"Two firefighters working on the Bear Gulch Fire [Wash.] were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents on Wednesday."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Military [8]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
Source: KING5 [14], 08/29/2025

"Proposed NASA Cuts Could Affect Public Health Research" [15]

"From space, NASA collects data that’s crucial for public health. Potential cuts could threaten that work."

Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [18]
Forests [6]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Undark [23], 08/28/2025

"Trump Administration Presses Rollback Of ‘Roadless Rule’ On Wild Lands" [24]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday took formal steps to rescind a decades-old rule that protects 58.5 million acres of wild areas in national forests, including 4.4 million acres in California."

Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [9]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: LA Times [26], 08/28/2025

FEMA Staff Warn Trump Cuts Could Expose US To Another Hurricane Katrina [27]

"Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina, staff at the agency have warned Congress in a withering critique that also takes aim at its current leadership."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Infrastructure [28]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [29], 08/26/2025

Scientists: Fungi Are The Secret Ingredient For Restoring The World’s Forests [30]

"Healthy fungal networks help trees and plants grow, making them key to successful reforestation. The only problem? Almost nothing is known about this subterranean ecology"

Biodiversity [16]
Forests [6]
Natural Resources [9]
Public [11]
International [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 08/18/2025

"Boundary Waters Canoe Area Faces Uncertain Future Amid Budget Cuts" [33]

"The Trump administration is also looking to revive mining in the popular wilderness area" 

Biodiversity [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [9]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Canada [35]
Source: Sierra [36], 08/18/2025

Saving Big Cats From Humans [37]

As expanded development on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula encroaches on prime wildlife habitat, big cats find it harder to avoid people, and many wind up dead. In this Inside Story Q&A, Liza Gross of Inside Climate News describes how she and photographer/editor Michael Kodas worked with a local cougar protection team to track a family of big cats to their den and through the area.

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"Forest Experts Warn Spending Bill Sets Up US Forest Service to Fail" [40]

"The recently passed spending bill sets logging targets that federal officials don’t have the capacity to meet"  "The new law sets aggressive timber harvesting goals and slashes spending for the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Environmental advocates and industry insiders say those goals are contradictory and unworkable."

Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Government [41]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [9]
Wildlife [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Sierra [42], 08/15/2025

"Wildfires Fanned By Heatwave And Strong Winds Rage Across Europe" [43]

"Wildfires caused by arsonists or thunderstorms and fanned by a heatwave and strong winds wreaked destruction across southern Europe on Wednesday, burning homes and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee."

Climate Change [2]
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Forests [6]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Canada [35]
Europe [44]
Source: Reuters [45], 08/14/2025

"Weather Tracker: Europe Braces For Another Heatwave With Highs Of 44C" [46]

"After a period of cooler weather, swaths of central and eastern Europe face another heatwave as hot air over south-western Europe pushes north-west."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Forests [6]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [19]
Public [11]
Europe [44]
Source: Guardian [47], 08/12/2025

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