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Peer-Reviewed Study Exposes “Falsification of the Scientific Record” in Agency-Funded Wildfire Narrative

A new study debunks industry/agency claims of “unprecedented” high-severity wildfires across “overgrown” western forests, revealing how U.S. Forest Service-funded scientists omitted evidence to push a narrative currently being used to justify proposals to log tens of millions of acres of public lands across the west, including 3.5 million acres in Colorado’s Front Range.

Jefferson County, CO April 8 Wildfire Panel Excludes Scientists and Public Input, Locals to Protest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 30, 2023Media Contact: Josh Schlossberg, steeringcommittee [at] eco-integrityalliance [dot] org, (720) 615-4843 After pushback from local residents on clearcutting and old-growth logging in Open Space parks, Jefferson County is hosting a “Community Conversation” Town Hall on wildfire on Saturday, April 8 @ 9 a.m. at Evergreen Fire Protection District (1802Continue reading “Jefferson County, CO April 8 Wildfire Panel Excludes Scientists and Public Input, Locals to Protest”

VIDEO: Colorado Politician Caught Lying About Logging Old-Growth Trees

Jefferson County, Colorado Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper (who also sits on the Colorado Fire Commission) lying about the logging of hundreds of fire-resistant mature and old-growth trees up to 129-years-old at county parks under the phony guise of “wildfire risk reduction” during a public town hall in Evergreen, Colorado on February 4, 2023. Dahlkemper had beenContinue reading “VIDEO: Colorado Politician Caught Lying About Logging Old-Growth Trees”

Jefferson County, Colorado Commissioner Dahlkemper Lies at Public Meeting about Logging Old-Growth Trees

At a public “town hall” in Evergreen on Saturday, February 4, Jefferson County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper falsely told a small group of citizens in attendance and hundreds more via livestream that the county was not logging old-growth trees in Open Space parks, despite photographs of dozens of such logged trees—up to 129-years old—on the tableContinue reading “Jefferson County, Colorado Commissioner Dahlkemper Lies at Public Meeting about Logging Old-Growth Trees”

Jefferson County, Colorado Logging Old-Growth Trees for Phony “Wildfire Risk Reduction”

Right now Jefferson County Open Space is cutting hundreds of fire-resistant mature and old growth trees up to 129 years of age and 2.5 feet in diameter at Elk Meadow Park in Evergreen off Route 74, under the phony guise of “wildfire risk reduction.”

Eco-Integrity Alliance Comments on Buffalo Springs “Restoration” Project

We, the steering committee and membership of Eco-Integrity Alliance, are writing in hopes of urging you to protect and preserve Buffalo Springs in the Hoosier National Forest for the invaluable benefits of carbon sequestration and storage to fight climate change, fish and wildlife habitat, clean air and water, and flooding and erosion control. As youContinue reading “Eco-Integrity Alliance Comments on Buffalo Springs “Restoration” Project”

“ACTION” HIKE: Flying J Ranch Park on Sept. 25 @ 9 a.m. in Conifer, Colorado

Join Eco-Integrity Alliance on a short and easy guided hike (3 miles, no hills) at Flying J Ranch Park (40 minutes from downtown Denver, 9661 County Hwy 73, Conifer, CO 80433-4008) to enjoy the splendor of ponderosa pine forest, tallgrass meadow, and 150 acres of clearcut devastation courtesy of Jefferson County Open Space, Denver MountainContinue reading ““ACTION” HIKE: Flying J Ranch Park on Sept. 25 @ 9 a.m. in Conifer, Colorado”

Instead of Saving Homes from Wildfire, Colorado’s Congressional Delegation Spends Billions to Log National Forests

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Senator John Hickenlooper, and Representative Joe Neguse helped spend over $3.3 billion in taxpayer dollars to log national forests, funds that could’ve protected homes from wildfire, according to Eco-Integrity Alliance, a national coalition uniting the environmental movement, with a base in Colorado. Eco-Integrity Alliance has erected a billboard on E. ColfaxContinue reading “Instead of Saving Homes from Wildfire, Colorado’s Congressional Delegation Spends Billions to Log National Forests”