“Pole Creek Timber Treatments Imminent” by Alex Hargrave, Buffalo Bulletin (Wyoming), December 13, 2024
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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”
Green Root Podcast #72: Environmental Strategy Under Trump
On episode 72 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg proposes a tried-and-true strategy for an environmental movement that has literally been losing ground for decades in what is perhaps its darkest hour.
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”
Standing Room Only Crowd at Public Forum Opposes Wildfire Pretense Logging in Colorado
A standing room only crowd of around eighty local residents attended the “Save JeffCo Parks!” public forum at Evergreen Library on Thursday evening to oppose the aggressive logging decimating Jefferson County Open Space Parks. Video of audience segment and presentations.
ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT #2: “Leger Fernandez says Forest service made ‘outrageous’ errors in northern New Mexico fires” by Ollie Reed, Jr., Albuquerque Journal
“Leger Fernandez says Forest service made ‘outrageous’ errors in northern New Mexico fires” Albuquerque Journal by Ollie Reed, Jr., July 8, 2024 SYNOPSIS New Mexico Rep. Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) cites a U.S. Government Accountability Office report blaming the U.S. Forest Service practice of “prescribed burning” for starting the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire wildfireContinue reading “ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT #2: “Leger Fernandez says Forest service made ‘outrageous’ errors in northern New Mexico fires” by Ollie Reed, Jr., Albuquerque Journal”
22 Colorado Conservation Groups ask Elected Officials to Engage with Science on ‘Wildfire Fuel Reduction’ Logging
We, the undersigned Colorado environmental and conservation organizations, are concerned about current and proposed “wildfire fuel reduction” logging projects across millions of acres of Colorado’s carbon-storing forests at the federal, state, county, and municipal level. [1]
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”
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