Twenty-four Colorado conservation groups—including 350 Colorado, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, High Country Conservation Advocates, and WildEarth Guardians—signed a letter asking Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO) to oppose the unscientific “Fix Our Forests” Act and instead support legislation that would actually protect communities from wildfire through home hardening and defensible space pruning less than 100 feetContinue reading “24 Colorado Conservation Groups Ask Sen. Hickenlooper to Oppose “Fix Our Forests” Act”
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U.S. Forest Service Ignores Own Science to Log 73,000+ Acres of Wyoming Forests
The U.S. Forest Service has approved more than 73,564 acres of controversial “fuel-reduction” logging in Wyoming public forests—including within Inventoried Roadless Areas—despite a vast and growing body of peer reviewed science refuting agency assertions that such “fuel reduction” protects communities from wildfire.
26 Organizations Sign on to Letter: “Congress Must Make Efforts to Better Prevent Human-Caused Wildfires”
Twenty-six U.S. conservation organizations signed on to Eco-Integrity Alliance’s letter asking Congress to ensure that the U.S. Forest Service does a better job preventing human-caused wildfires through monitoring and enforcement and potential logging road closures (instead of the agency’s current focus of “fuel reduction” logging). The letter can be found here:
3 Minute Online Action to Stop the Worst Forest-Wildfire Bill in Decades
The Orwellian “Fix Our Forests” Act (more clearcutting and mature and old growth-logging under a different name) has passed the House of Representatives and is now being considered in the Senate, with Colorado’s U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper considering a companion bill. I really hope you can take a few short minutes via this email actionContinue reading “3 Minute Online Action to Stop the Worst Forest-Wildfire Bill in Decades”
60,000 Acres of Scientifically-Contested “Emergency Action” Logging in Idaho National Forests
Since 2023, the U.S. Forest Service has approved or proposed 60,159 acres of controversial “emergency action” logging in Idaho 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–End of the World, Katkee Fuels, Limber Elk, Dixie-Comstock, and Twentymile–encompass theContinue reading “60,000 Acres of Scientifically-Contested “Emergency Action” Logging in Idaho National Forests”
GREEN ROOT PODCAST #75: Closing Logging Roads for Fire Danger (w/ Deanna Lynn Wulff, Unite the Parks)
On episode 75 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg goes on a road trip with Deanna Lynn Wulff, Director of Unite the Parks, to talk about how closing old logging roads could help prevent human-caused wildfires along with her organization’s mission to link up Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon NationalContinue reading “GREEN ROOT PODCAST #75: Closing Logging Roads for Fire Danger (w/ Deanna Lynn Wulff, Unite the Parks)”
ENVIRO MEDIA REPORT CARD #4: “Recapping Montana’s 2024 Fire Season” by Caroline Weiss, KPAX
ARTICLE: “Recapping Montana’s 2024 Fire Season” REPORTER: Caroline Weiss OUTLET: KPAX (Montana)
GREEN ROOT PODCAST #74: Science & the California Wildfires (w/ George Wuerthner, Ecologist and Author)
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.
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”
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