Today, a broad coalition of communities and landholders affected by wildfire filed an amicus brief supporting the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in a lawsuit brought last year by Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. The brief, filed in opposition to FSEEE’s motion to summary judgment, highlights the importance and efficacy of aerial fire retardant. The parties are calling on the Court not to enjoin the use of fire retardant given its importance to combat increasingly devastating wildfires in the West, while the USFS advances its application for a Clean Water Act permit. Read More.
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