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”
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SIGN-ON to Fortify Roadless Protections: Stronger Than the Rule, Permanent in Law
We invite your organization to join us in urging Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to go beyond simply reinstating the weakened Roadless Rule rescinded this summer. Instead, we must push for stronger, loophole-free legislation that permanently protects inventoried roadless areas from logging, road construction, livestock grazing, and other extractive activities.
SIGN ON LETTER: USDA Forest Service + Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
Please consider adding your organization to this sign on letter asking Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to focus its funding cuts at USDA Forest Service on programs tied to controversial and scientifically-contested “wildfire fuel reduction” logging, while reinstating programs and staff that don’t negatively impact the ecology and recreation in National Forests. The sign onContinue reading “SIGN ON LETTER: USDA Forest Service + Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)”
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”
Green Root Podcast #68: National Day of Forest-Climate Action (May 28)
On episode 68 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg invites you to take part in the National Day of Forest-Climate Action on May 28 while giving his theory about why more environmental groups have yet to make the connection.
900,000 Acres of Unscientific “Emergency Action” Logging in U.S. National Forests
As of July 15, 2024, 900,368 acres of unscientific “emergency action” logging and burning has been approved or proposed across fifteen National Forests in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Washington.
“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”
TAKE ACTION: Money Wasted Logging Public Lands Should Make Homes Firewise
The large wildfires we’ve been experiencing across the West—which risk the lives of residents and firefighters and threaten homes—are the result of high temperatures and drought made worse by climate change (coinciding with high winds). And the two most important actions we can take in response are to: Appallingly, Congress continues to siphon our taxpayerContinue reading “TAKE ACTION: Money Wasted Logging Public Lands Should Make Homes Firewise”
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