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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.

US Reps. Neguse (D-CO) and Hoyle’s (D-OR) $30 Billion Logging Bill Undercuts President Biden’s Old Growth Protection

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colorado) and Val Hoyle (D-Oregon) are co-sponsoring a bill to spend 30 billion in taxpayer dollars to log and clearcut carbon-storing public forests across the West, a scientifically contested scheme that would undermine President Biden’s “commitment to protect old growth forests on National Forest system lands” while ignoring proven strategies forContinue reading “US Reps. Neguse (D-CO) and Hoyle’s (D-OR) $30 Billion Logging Bill Undercuts President Biden’s Old Growth Protection”