Picture a childcare business with the motto, “Caring for the children and serving parents.” True to its word, it hires on a small team of talented, dedicated people who really love kids and do a great job watching over them. Yet, there’s another, much larger side to this business kept on the downlow. The sameContinue reading “(de)Fund the (de)Forest Service?”
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Brand New “Biggest Logging Project in Colorado History” Brings Total to Half-Million Acres and Seventeen Roadless Areas
This week, the U.S. Forest Service proposed what is now the largest public land logging scheme of the century (and possibly history) in Colorado, “Pike’s Peak Vegetation Management,”194,567 acres of industrial logging—13,500 acres within four protected Roadless Areas—and 244,210 acres of toxic herbicide spraying in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests in El Paso,Continue reading “Brand New “Biggest Logging Project in Colorado History” Brings Total to Half-Million Acres and Seventeen Roadless Areas”
One of the Most Liberal Counties in America Won’t Stop Clearcutting Public Lands
Boulder County, Colorado—where 79% of the electorate voted for Kamala Harris in 2024—continues to almost completely ignore the overwhelming body of science and warnings from the conservation community as to the lack of efficacy, the ecological harm, and the increased danger of spreading fire to communities from its rampant and indiscriminate “fuel reduction” logging acrossContinue reading “One of the Most Liberal Counties in America Won’t Stop Clearcutting Public Lands”
Green Root Podcast #96: DOES ENVIRONMENTAL COMPROMISE WORK? (with Adam Bronstein, Our Public Lands)
Video: Audio only: https://open.substack.com/pub/ecointegrityalliance/p/green-root-podcast-96-does-environmental?r=4yod0k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true On episode 96 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we question whether or not decades of well-funded, influential “Big Green” environmental NGOs compromising with industry and government has been effective, and explore how a strong and united grassroots movement might offer a better alternative, with Adam Bronstein, hostContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #96: DOES ENVIRONMENTAL COMPROMISE WORK? (with Adam Bronstein, Our Public Lands)”
Green Root Podcast #95: ANDY MAHLER: A LEGEND OF FOREST PROTECTION (1951-2025)
On a very sad but very special episode 95 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we share one of the last interviews with legendary forest advocate, Andy Mahler, who passed away in August at the age of 74. We hope you enjoy and savor this conversation with—and tribute to—the man who hasContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #95: ANDY MAHLER: A LEGEND OF FOREST PROTECTION (1951-2025)”
Colorado on Front Lines of “Roadless Rule” Battle with Trump Admin
Despite what appears to be an intentional statewide media coverup, Colorado is on the front lines of a battle with the Trump administration over the U.S. Forest Service’s looming rollback of the “Roadless Rule,” which currently limits industrial extraction (logging, grazing, mining, and drilling) across almost sixty million acres of America’s wildest lands.
155 Conservation Groups Unite to Fortify Roadless Protections
155 conservation organizations signed the letter co-written by Eco-Integrity Alliance, John Muir Project, Western Watersheds Project, and Eco Advocates NW urging Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to go beyond simply reinstating the weakened Roadless Rule official rescinded last week.
SIGN-ON to Fortify Roadless Protections: Stronger Than the Rule, Permanent in Law
We invite your organization to join us in urging Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to go beyond simply reinstating the weakened Roadless Rule rescinded this summer. Instead, we must push for stronger, loophole-free legislation that permanently protects inventoried roadless areas from logging, road construction, livestock grazing, and other extractive activities.
Green Root Podcast #81: THE CLEARCUT CULT
On episode 81 of the Green Root Podcast, we call out the well-monied and influential backers of what’s turning out to be one of the most destructive anti-environmental schemes in modern U.S. history. Video: Audio only: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-clearcut-cult/id1512873151?i=1000703495074
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”
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