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”
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GREEN ROOT PODCAST #77: Mixed Severity Fires: Nature’s Phoenix (with Dominick DellaSala, Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage)
On episode 77 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg gets empirical with Dominick DellaSala, Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage and co-editor of Mixed Severity Fires: Nature’s Phoenix, as they discuss the vast and growing body of peer-reviewed studies showing the ecological necessity of “severe” wildfires and the harmful, ineffective,Continue reading “GREEN ROOT PODCAST #77: Mixed Severity Fires: Nature’s Phoenix (with Dominick DellaSala, Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage)”
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.
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 #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”
Grant from U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) Funds Old-Growth Logging
A $358,000 grant from the office of U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) has funded the past and ongoing logging of treasured Jefferson County Open Space parks, Elk Meadow and Alderfer/Three Sisters, including mature and old-growth trees up to 211 years old (see photo from Denver Post). A second $600,000 grant would finance the construction ofContinue reading “Grant from U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) Funds Old-Growth Logging”
Evidence from U.S. Forest Service Study: Forest “Thinned” for “Fuel Reduction” Burned SEVERELY in Wildfire, Adjacent Unlogged Forest DIDN’T BURN AT ALL
Evidence in a study funded by U.S. Forest Service, and co-authored by Colorado Forest Restoration Institute and the Colorado Field Office for The Nature Conservancy, shows that 122 acres of public forest outside Nederland “thinned” in 2015 in the name of “wildfire fuel reduction” burned at “high severity” during the 2016 Cold Springs Fire, destroyingContinue reading “Evidence from U.S. Forest Service Study: Forest “Thinned” for “Fuel Reduction” Burned SEVERELY in Wildfire, Adjacent Unlogged Forest DIDN’T BURN AT ALL”
Comment Period Opens for Largest Logging Sale in Colorado History
The U.S. Forest Service has opened its public comment period until December 4 for the largest logging operation in Colorado history, the “Lower North South Vegetation Management” in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest in the Front Range mountains of Jefferson and Douglas Counties. The 116,000 acres of scientifically-contested “wildfire fuel reduction” logging includes 18,500 acresContinue reading “Comment Period Opens for Largest Logging Sale in Colorado History”
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