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Grassroots organizing—bringing advocates together to take action for a cause—is hard. Grassroots environmental organizing is even harder. Still, history has shown that uniting a critical mass of individuals to speak with one voice has the power to influence society or even radically change the world. One of the biggest obstacles standing in the way ofContinue reading “THE PONDEROSA PINE MODEL (A Winning Model for Grassroots Organizing)”

The top current issue/action across ten U.S. states from Eco-Integrity Alliance’s 11 State Advocates. Email eia@eco-integrityalliance.org to get involved in your state today!

Instead of the usual sky-is-falling rhetoric (often sadly necessary in our Ecological Unraveling), this piece focuses on a positive, proactive vision of what could be for our last functioning ecosystems and wildlife populations not just in the United States but around the world.

A post-logging “prescribed burn” overseen by the Boulder Ranger District of the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest in May 2025 near Gross Reservoir in Boulder County, Colorado got out of control (reportedly due to higher-than-expected winds), accidentally killing and damaging hundreds of trees up to an estimated 200 years old. Over sixty photos recently taken within theContinue reading “U.S. Forest Service Out-of-Control “Controlled Burn” Killed Hundreds of Trees”

A new report, Sublette Antelope Migration Corridor: Land Use Analysis with Recommendations, highlights the urgent need to protect one of North America’s most significant wildlife migration routes. Authored by Dr. John Carter, the analysis underscores the ecological, cultural, and economic importance of the Sublette pronghorn migration corridor within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. 

Leadership from “working lands” organizations Conservation Colorado, Western Resource Advocates, and The Nature Conservancy testified alongside industry and government logging interests to help axe a statehouse bill that would’ve routed a small portion of the state’s “wildfire mitigation” funding towards proven home hardening protections through grants to low-income residents, along with seniors and those withContinue reading ““Working Lands” NGOs Opposed Bill That Would’ve Funded Home Hardening to Protect Low-Income, Elderly, and Disabled Residents from Wildfire”

“When you go to that land you have to take a look at how sacred it is, and the things that live there. And that’s part of understanding, knowing all the beings that live on that land, because each one of them–from the smallest ant to the biggest tree–all of them work together to helpContinue reading “Eco-Integrity Alliance Statement of Support for Indigenous Peoples & Land”

On March 2, Rep. Tammy Story (District 25, Jefferson County) introduced HB 26-1310 into the Colorado House of Representatives to reroute a portion of the state’s “wildfire mitigation” taxpayer funding away from controversial and scientifically-contested “fuel reduction” logging towards proven home hardening protections, prioritizing grants to low-income residents along with seniors and those with disabilities.Continue reading “Colorado House Bill to Route Funding from Logging to Home Protection from Wildfires”

Sam Hitt with Santa Fe Forest Alliance warns about the dual threats to the unique southwestern U.S. tree species known as the white pine from logging and exotic disease.