On episode 74 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg gets scientific with George Wuerthner, ecologist and author of Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy, who explains the science behind the wind, weather, and climate-driven California wildfires.
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Jefferson County, CO SECRET Plans to Log 10 Parks in Next 5 Years
Despite concerns from the majority of park users and peer-reviewed science demonstrating the counterproductive nature of “fuel reduction” for protecting communities from wildfire, Jefferson County Open Space plans to log in ten public parks over the next five years.
Quarter-Million Acres of “Emergency” Logging in Montana National Forests
Since 2023, the U.S. Forest Service has approved or proposed 220,131 acres of controversial “emergency action” logging in Montana National Forests, despite a vast and growing body of peer reviewed science refuting agency assertions that such “fuel reduction” protects communities from wildfire. The projects encompass the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bitterroot, Flathead, Kootenai, and Lolo National Forests, andContinue reading “Quarter-Million Acres of “Emergency” Logging in Montana National Forests”
GREEN ROOT PODCAST #73: Forest Politics in Washington, D.C. (with Jennifer Mamola of John Muir Project)
On episode 73 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg goes to Capitol Hill with Jennifer Mamola, Policy and Advocacy Director for John Muir Project, who forecasts some environmental legislation to expect from Congress.
ENVIRO MEDIA REPORT CARD #3: “Pole Creek Timber Treatments Imminent” by Alex Hargrave, Buffalo Bulletin
“Pole Creek Timber Treatments Imminent” by Alex Hargrave, Buffalo Bulletin (Wyoming), December 13, 2024
Eco-Integrity Alliance Year in Review + Please Support Our Work for 2025!
Dear Wild Ones, Thanks to everyone—particularly our members, allies, and funders—for making 2024 Eco-Integrity Alliance’s greatest year yet! While still slowly growing like a tree in a forest, we’ve made outstanding progress on our mission to unite the U.S. grassroots environmental movement through common campaigns of mutual support.
Grant from U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) Funds Old-Growth Logging
A $358,000 grant from the office of U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) has funded the past and ongoing logging of treasured Jefferson County Open Space parks, Elk Meadow and Alderfer/Three Sisters, including mature and old-growth trees up to 211 years old (see photo from Denver Post). A second $600,000 grant would finance the construction ofContinue reading “Grant from U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) Funds Old-Growth Logging”
Green Root Podcast #72: Environmental Strategy Under Trump
On episode 72 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg proposes a tried-and-true strategy for an environmental movement that has literally been losing ground for decades in what is perhaps its darkest hour.
Evidence from U.S. Forest Service Study: Forest “Thinned” for “Fuel Reduction” Burned SEVERELY in Wildfire, Adjacent Unlogged Forest DIDN’T BURN AT ALL
Evidence in a study funded by U.S. Forest Service, and co-authored by Colorado Forest Restoration Institute and the Colorado Field Office for The Nature Conservancy, shows that 122 acres of public forest outside Nederland “thinned” in 2015 in the name of “wildfire fuel reduction” burned at “high severity” during the 2016 Cold Springs Fire, destroyingContinue reading “Evidence from U.S. Forest Service Study: Forest “Thinned” for “Fuel Reduction” Burned SEVERELY in Wildfire, Adjacent Unlogged Forest DIDN’T BURN AT ALL”
Comment Period Opens for Largest Logging Sale in Colorado History
The U.S. Forest Service has opened its public comment period until December 4 for the largest logging operation in Colorado history, the “Lower North South Vegetation Management” in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest in the Front Range mountains of Jefferson and Douglas Counties. The 116,000 acres of scientifically-contested “wildfire fuel reduction” logging includes 18,500 acresContinue reading “Comment Period Opens for Largest Logging Sale in Colorado History”