Green Root Podcast #102: THE WORST WE’VE EVER SEEN ON PUBLIC LANDS

On episode 102 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), we strategize with Rocky Smith, forest management consultant with over forty years’ experience, about the worst threat we’ve ever seen on public lands in the West—including the now biggest logging project in Colorado history announced last week—and one quick action youContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #102: THE WORST WE’VE EVER SEEN ON PUBLIC LANDS”

Brand New “Biggest Logging Project in Colorado History” Brings Total to Half-Million Acres and Seventeen Roadless Areas

This week, the U.S. Forest Service proposed what is now the largest public land logging scheme of the century (and possibly history) in Colorado, “Pike’s Peak Vegetation Management,”194,567 acres of industrial logging—13,500 acres within four protected Roadless Areas—and  244,210 acres of toxic herbicide spraying in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests in El Paso,Continue reading “Brand New “Biggest Logging Project in Colorado History” Brings Total to Half-Million Acres and Seventeen Roadless Areas”

One of the Most Liberal Counties in America Won’t Stop Clearcutting Public Lands

Boulder County, Colorado—where 79% of the electorate voted for Kamala Harris in 2024—continues to almost completely ignore the overwhelming body of science and warnings from the conservation community as to the lack of efficacy, the ecological harm, and the increased danger of spreading fire to communities from its rampant and indiscriminate “fuel reduction” logging acrossContinue reading “One of the Most Liberal Counties in America Won’t Stop Clearcutting Public Lands”

Green Root Podcast #101: ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA: INEPT OR CORRUPT?

On episode 101 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host and former investigative journalist Josh Schlossberg tries to make sense of whether most media outlets are unable or unwilling to accurately and honestly cover environmental topics. Josh talks about: -The ideological and partisan bias he uncovered while working as an award-winning environmentalContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #101: ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA: INEPT OR CORRUPT?”

Green Root Podcast #100: A BEAUTIFULLY BURNED FOREST (with Richard Hutto, Wildlife Biologist)

On episode 100 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we explore the ecological wonderland and wildlife haven that is a severely-burned forest, with Richard Hutto, emeritus professor in wildlife biology and author of the new book, A BEAUTIFULLY BURNED FOREST: LEARNING TO CELEBRATE SEVERE FOREST FIRE. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with RichardContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #100: A BEAUTIFULLY BURNED FOREST (with Richard Hutto, Wildlife Biologist)”

Wildfire Pretense Logging: The Trojan Horse Destroying Public Lands

What do these recent actions on public lands have in common? The Orwellian “Fix Our Forests” Act. Trump’s executive order to expand American timber production. The rescinding of the Roadless Rule. “Emergency” designation across 112 million acres—59% of National Forests. All of them—unprecedented in scale and scope—push industrial logging under the pretense of “protecting” communitiesContinue reading “Wildfire Pretense Logging: The Trojan Horse Destroying Public Lands”

Green Root Podcast #99: 100 NEW NATIONAL PARKS (with Michael Kellett, RESTORE: The North Woods

On episode 99 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we talk about a positive alternative vision for public lands that would establish 100 new National Parks in the U.S.—at least one in every state—with Michael Kellett, executive director of RESTORE: The North Woods. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Michael about: -How theContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #99: 100 NEW NATIONAL PARKS (with Michael Kellett, RESTORE: The North Woods”

Trump’s Forest Service Pressuring Media to Cover Up Public Lands Logging?

-by Josh Schlossberg, Colorado Advocate, Eco-Integrity Alliance [This opinion piece was sent to multiple media outlets in Colorado, yet each refused to publish it, in effect, media covering up its own cover up.]

Trump’s Fake “Emergency” Logging and Burning of Old-Growth Forests on Utah’s Public Lands

The U.S. Forest Service’s “Pine Valley Wildfire Risk Reduction” in the Dixie National Forest in southern Utah, seeks to log, burn, or take other destructive management actions across 127,667 acres—including in old-growth forests—harming ecosystems, biodiversity, watersheds, climate, air quality, and public health.

A Team of All Goalies Never Wins (Why the Public Lands Movement Can’t Stop Losing)

Those who like hockey know that the most important member of any team is its goalie, whose difficult and often dangerous job is to put their body on the line to keep the other side from scoring. Any club without a good goalie will lose every single game no matter how skilled the rest ofContinue reading “A Team of All Goalies Never Wins (Why the Public Lands Movement Can’t Stop Losing)”