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”
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Jefferson County, CO SECRET Plans to Log 10 Parks in Next 5 Years
Despite concerns from the majority of park users and peer-reviewed science demonstrating the counterproductive nature of “fuel reduction” for protecting communities from wildfire, Jefferson County Open Space plans to log in ten public parks over the next five years.
Green Root Podcast #71: Public Parks On the Chopping Block (with Darrell Luebbe, former Park Patroller)
On episode 71 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg talks with Darrell Luebbe, former Park Patroller for Jefferson County Open Space in Colorado, about the logging decimating his beloved parks under the guise of so-called “wildfire mitigation.”
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”
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”
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.
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”
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.
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