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NEW STUDY: Fast Moving, Wind Driven Wildfires Most Dangerous

Fast moving fires are the most deadly, according to a new study out of University of Colorado Boulder, published in the journal Science. These findings dovetail with other peer reviewed studies showing how “wildfire fuel reduction” logging opens forests to wind which can spread flames more rapidly to communities.

New Science Challenges Assumptions That Utah “Fuel Reduction” Logging Will Protect Communities from Wildfire

Outdated land management practices in Utah’s Salt Lake and Summit Counties ignore a large and growing body of peer-reviewed scientific papers disputing claims that “thinning” trees protects communities from wildfires.

Advocates in Eight Western States Call on Congress to Fund Prevention of Human-Caused Wildfires

Eco-Integrity Alliance, a national advocacy group with organizing members in Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Idaho, and Montana, calls on elected officials to allocate additional funds and updated guidance to federal, state, and county agencies to better prevent human-caused wildfires, instead of wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on ineffective and destructive “fuel reduction”Continue reading “Advocates in Eight Western States Call on Congress to Fund Prevention of Human-Caused Wildfires”

Cutting Fire-Resistant Old-Growth Trees for Scientifically-Contested “Wildfire Fuels” Logging in Colorado

Despite overwhelmingly negative public feedback, Jefferson County Open Space is in the final stages of logging hundreds of acres of Alderfer/Three Sisters Park in Evergreen, Colorado—including fire-resistant old-growth ponderosa pine trees up to 211 years old—under the justification of “wildfire fuels,” ignoring an entire body of peer-reviewed scientific studies disputing claims of such “thinning” protectingContinue reading “Cutting Fire-Resistant Old-Growth Trees for Scientifically-Contested “Wildfire Fuels” Logging in Colorado”

Eco-Integrity Alliance Awarded Grant for Rocky Mountain Wildfire-Forests Media Campaign

Eco-Integrity Alliance is pleased to announce our receipt of a generous grant from a foundation based in the western U.S. for its Rocky Mountain Wildfire-Forests Media Campaign. The goal of the campaign across Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, is to balance the dominant narrative promoting unscientific “wildfire fuel reduction” logging in mainstreamContinue reading “Eco-Integrity Alliance Awarded Grant for Rocky Mountain Wildfire-Forests Media Campaign”

More Big Trees Dying One Year After “Wildfire Fuel” Logging

One year after Jefferson County Open Space cut hundreds of fire-resistant mature and old growth trees up to 129 years of age in Elk Meadow Park in Evergreen, Colorado under the scientifically-challenged premise of “wildfire fuel reduction,” dozens more trees are dying as a result of the logging.

Hikers Tour Largest Logging Project in Colorado History

On May 26 Eco-Integrity Alliance hosted a guided hike for over thirty people (photo shows most, though not all attendees) through a section of the Pike National Forest outside Sedalia threatened by 116,600 acres of scientifically-contested “wildfire fuel reduction” logging, the largest logging project in Colorado history.

Public Invited on Guided Hike through Colorado Forest Threatened by “Wildfire Fuel Reduction” Logging

On Sunday, May 26 at 10 a.m. Eco-Integrity Alliance will host a guided hike through a section of the Pike National Forest outside Sedalia threatened by 116,600 acres of scientifically-contested “wildfire fuel reduction” logging. The easy to moderate hike is free and open to the public with an RSVP to eia [at] eco-integrityalliance [dot] org.

Forest Management Analyst Warns of “Strongly Adverse Impacts” from 116,000-acre “Wildfire Fuel” Logging in Roadless Areas

Rocky Smith, a Denver-based forest management analyst and consultant of more than 40 years, is voicing “strong concerns” with the “Lower North-South Vegetation Management” project, 116,600 acres of scientifically-contested “wildfire fuel reduction” logging in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest in the Front Range mountains of Jefferson and Douglas Counties, 18,500 acres within protected Colorado RoadlessContinue reading “Forest Management Analyst Warns of “Strongly Adverse Impacts” from 116,000-acre “Wildfire Fuel” Logging in Roadless Areas”