A new study debunks industry/agency claims of “unprecedented” high-severity wildfires across “overgrown” western forests, revealing how U.S. Forest Service-funded scientists omitted evidence to push a narrative currently being used to justify proposals to log tens of millions of acres of public lands across the west, including 3.5 million acres in Colorado’s Front Range.
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Jefferson County, Colorado Commissioner Dahlkemper Lies at Public Meeting about Logging Old-Growth Trees
At a public “town hall” in Evergreen on Saturday, February 4, Jefferson County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper falsely told a small group of citizens in attendance and hundreds more via livestream that the county was not logging old-growth trees in Open Space parks, despite photographs of dozens of such logged trees—up to 129-years old—on the tableContinue reading “Jefferson County, Colorado Commissioner Dahlkemper Lies at Public Meeting about Logging Old-Growth Trees”
Jefferson County, Colorado Logging Old-Growth Trees for Phony “Wildfire Risk Reduction”
Right now Jefferson County Open Space is cutting hundreds of fire-resistant mature and old growth trees up to 129 years of age and 2.5 feet in diameter at Elk Meadow Park in Evergreen off Route 74, under the phony guise of “wildfire risk reduction.”
Eco-Integrity Alliance Comments on Buffalo Springs “Restoration” Project
We, the steering committee and membership of Eco-Integrity Alliance, are writing in hopes of urging you to protect and preserve Buffalo Springs in the Hoosier National Forest for the invaluable benefits of carbon sequestration and storage to fight climate change, fish and wildlife habitat, clean air and water, and flooding and erosion control. As youContinue reading “Eco-Integrity Alliance Comments on Buffalo Springs “Restoration” Project”
“ACTION” HIKE: Flying J Ranch Park on Sept. 25 @ 9 a.m. in Conifer, Colorado
Join Eco-Integrity Alliance on a short and easy guided hike (3 miles, no hills) at Flying J Ranch Park (40 minutes from downtown Denver, 9661 County Hwy 73, Conifer, CO 80433-4008) to enjoy the splendor of ponderosa pine forest, tallgrass meadow, and 150 acres of clearcut devastation courtesy of Jefferson County Open Space, Denver MountainContinue reading ““ACTION” HIKE: Flying J Ranch Park on Sept. 25 @ 9 a.m. in Conifer, Colorado”
Wildfire/Forests Letter to the Editor + Commentary in 7 Colorado Newspapers
Logging for “wildfire fuel reduction” on Colorado public lands
Instead of Saving Homes from Wildfire, Colorado’s Congressional Delegation Spends Billions to Log National Forests
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Senator John Hickenlooper, and Representative Joe Neguse helped spend over $3.3 billion in taxpayer dollars to log national forests, funds that could’ve protected homes from wildfire, according to Eco-Integrity Alliance, a national coalition uniting the environmental movement, with a base in Colorado. Eco-Integrity Alliance has erected a billboard on E. ColfaxContinue reading “Instead of Saving Homes from Wildfire, Colorado’s Congressional Delegation Spends Billions to Log National Forests”
TAKE ACTION: Money Wasted Logging Public Lands Should Make Homes Firewise
The large wildfires we’ve been experiencing across the West—which risk the lives of residents and firefighters and threaten homes—are the result of high temperatures and drought made worse by climate change (coinciding with high winds). And the two most important actions we can take in response are to: Appallingly, Congress continues to siphon our taxpayerContinue reading “TAKE ACTION: Money Wasted Logging Public Lands Should Make Homes Firewise”
Help Us Keep “Firewise NOT Logging” Billboard Up All Summer
On July 4, Eco-Integrity Alliance is kicking off its “Firewise NOT Logging” campaign with a billboard in Denver, Colorado to pressure Congress to stop wasting taxpayer dollars cutting down our National Forests under the phony guise of “wildfire risk reduction” ($3.3 billion under the 2021 infrastructure bill ) and instead fund Firewise programs to actuallyContinue reading “Help Us Keep “Firewise NOT Logging” Billboard Up All Summer”
Eco-Integrity Alliance + 20 Conservation Groups Ask Rep. Neguse to Reschedule Canceled Hearing on Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA)
Eco-Integrity Alliance, a new coalition of U.S. environmentalists uniting the environmental movement, along with 20 leading conservation organizations, sent a letter today to Rep. Joe Neguse, chair of the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, asking him to schedule a new Congressional hearing for the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA).Continue reading “Eco-Integrity Alliance + 20 Conservation Groups Ask Rep. Neguse to Reschedule Canceled Hearing on Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA)”
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