by Ed Shepard Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Holiday season.  We actually had a white Christmas in western Oregon, sort of.  It started...

by Ed Shepard Finally, it appears that we are turning the corner on this terrible virus that has impacted so many people and created havoc to the Country.  Slowly, it...

by Ed Shepard Have you gotten your vaccination yet?  A year ago, we were washing our hands a lot and staying home.  In two weeks we’d “flatten the curve” and...

by Ed Shepard Well, 2020 is finally behind us!  To those of you that have, or are suffering through Covid-19, I hope you are on the mend and recovering well.  My...

by Ed Shepard As I was working on this column the news came out on the decision in the case of Bullock, et al v. BLM.  As you are probably...

by Ed Shepard COVID 2020 – Day Whatever.  We certainly do live in interesting times.  Who would have thought back in January, as we were beginning a new year and...

by Ed Shepard Some of you have heard me say that I am a silviculturist, so by definition, I am an optimist.  Further, I was a silviculturist in the hot,...

by Ed Shepard The past year has been a year of change for our favorite agency, the Bureau of Land Management.  The BLM is going through its biggest change since...

by Ed Shepard Where did the summer go? I can’t believe that we’re already having cool weather and snow is in the air in the high country. I really don’t...

by Ed Shepard There has been a lot happening since the spring edition of the Monitor.  There have been personnel changes with BLM and Department leadership, BLM vacancies are being...