Mitch Friedman

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Feller-buncher operator, C.J. Pittington, a third-generation ...

Hidden in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill — a mandate to strip big trees from our national forests (抖阴ap)

September 3, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

"Why did few people notice this directive to dramatically increase logging from our public lands?" -- Mitch Friedman

In this May 8, 2003, file photo, a Northern Spotted Owl sits on a tree in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Must we slaughter 18,000 barred owls to save the spotted owl? (抖阴ap)

June 10, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.

Reluctantly, I support killing some barred owls. But this is not what drew me into conservation. And now the whole issue might be academic as the Trump administration disrupts scientific...