On Sunday, May 26 at 10 a.m. you’re invited on a guided hike through public forests threatened by the “Lower North-South Vegetation Management” outside Sedalia. The 3-mile, slow-to-moderately-paced hike will include identifying birds and rare, medicinal, and edible plants threatened by logging, along with evidence showing how this project will harm wildlife and the climate,Continue reading “Guided Hike in Colorado Forest Threatened by “Emergency” Logging | Sunday, May 26 @ 10 a.m.”
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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”
Green Root Podcast #67: Heartwood Forest Council (w/Matt Peters)
On episode 67 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg talks with Matt Peters, member of the Heartwood coordinating council, who covers the state of eastern U.S. forests and invites you to the 32nd annual Heartwood Forest Council on May 24-27 in Ohio.
32nd Annual Heartwood Forest Council | Meigs County, Ohio | May 24-27
May 24-27, 2024Memorial Day WeekendUnited Plant Savers Land Sactuary35703 Loop Road, Rutland 45775Meigs County, Ohio Since 1991, the annual Heartwood Forest Council has been a forum where activists gather to forge the future of the forest protection movement. Each year we meet over the Memorial Day Weekend in a different part of the Heartwood region,Continue reading “32nd Annual Heartwood Forest Council | Meigs County, Ohio | May 24-27”
Farmer Bordering National Forest Opposes “Emergency” Logging That Studies Show Will Make Her Home Vulnerable to Wildfire
Deanna Meyer, a small organic farmer in Sedalia, Douglas County whose property abuts the Pike National Forest, is sounding the alarm about a massive “emergency” logging scheme that studies show will increase the risk of wildfire burning down her home. “The proposed North South Vegetation Management Project is making my farm, my family, and myContinue reading “Farmer Bordering National Forest Opposes “Emergency” Logging That Studies Show Will Make Her Home Vulnerable to Wildfire “
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.
Green Root Podcast #66: CLEARCUTTING CALIFORNIA? (w/ Melissa Soderston of Tahoe Forests Matter)
On episode 66 of the Green Root Podcast, host Josh Schlossberg chats with Melissa Soderston, director of Tahoe Forests Matter, where she reveals a massive logging scheme planned for California’s carbon-storing public forests and how you can help locals planning to stop it.
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”
New Plans to Log Millions of Acres of Colorado’s Carbon-Storing Forests
On top of a scheme to log 3.5 million acres of Front Range forests, the U.S. Forest Service is now proposing to cut nearly 800,000 acres of carbon-storing national forests—including old growth—in western and north-central Colorado.
Unscientific “Emergency” Logging of National Forests Would Block U.S. Climate Goals
The first logging projects under a new federal “emergency action” loophole that allows cutting of National Forests without customary legal challenges by claiming “threats” from natural wildfires are quickly moving forward in California, Idaho, and Montana.