Hundreds of emails from a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request show indisputable evidence of Jefferson County Commissioners and Open Space staff colluding with 23 government officials, land management agencies, logging industry trade groups, NGOs, a university, a fire department, and a government-funded “collaborative” on an orchestrated disinformation campaign to push through thousands of acresContinue reading “FOREST FIRE MALFEASANCE: Emails Expose Government Coverup of Science and Intentional Deception of Public & Media on “Wildfire Fuel Reduction” Logging “
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25 Coloradans Hike to Stop the Biggest Logging Scheme of the Century
On Saturday, June 14, Forest Management Analyst Rocky Smith, Wildlife Habitat Conservationist Andrew Rothman (formerly with WildEarth Guardians), mountain lion expert David Neils, and Eco-Integrity Alliance’s Josh Schlossberg led a hike to the biggest logging project in recent Colorado history.
Forest Service Admits Controversial “Fuel Reduction” Logging Caused Utah Wildfire
Logging equipment from a wildfire “fuel reduction” project caused the 33,000-acre Yellow Lake Fire, according to a U.S. Forest Service statement. The fire was the largest in the area since 2016, and the largest in the state since 2020. While total suppression costs for the fire amounted to $20 million, the unnamed logging contractor wasContinue reading “Forest Service Admits Controversial “Fuel Reduction” Logging Caused Utah Wildfire”
33 Conservation Organizations Ask DOGE to Cut Funding for Unscientific “Fuel Reduction” Logging
A letter signed by 33 conservation organizations from across the U.S. was submitted to Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) asking the department to focus its funding cuts at the U.S. Forest Service on controversial and unscientific so-called “wildfire fuel reduction” logging.
24 Colorado Conservation Groups Ask Sen. Hickenlooper to Oppose “Fix Our Forests” Act
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”
ENVIRO MEDIA REPORT CARD #5: “Trump Says California’s Mismanagement of forests…” by Ella Nilsen, CNN
“Trump says California’s mismanagement of forests and water is to blame for wildfires” by Ella Nilsen, CNN, January 24, 2025 VIDEO: SLIDESHOW:
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”
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