On episode 88 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we unearth an alarming level of public forest destruction, science denial, and sidestepping of participatory democracy in Jefferson County, Colorado with citizen advocate Mike Rawluk. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Mike about how he went from being an unwitting supporter of “wildfire fuelContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #88: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AXES FORESTS & DEMOCRACY”
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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.
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.
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.”
More Big Trees Dying One Year After “Wildfire Fuel” Logging
One year after Jefferson County Open Space cut hundreds of fire-resistant mature and old growth trees up to 129 years of age in Elk Meadow Park in Evergreen, Colorado under the scientifically-challenged premise of “wildfire fuel reduction,” dozens more trees are dying as a result of the logging.
Jefferson County, Colorado Commissioner Dahlkemper Falsely Denies Logging Old-Growth Trees at Public Meeting
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 Falsely Denies Logging Old-Growth Trees at Public Meeting”
Jefferson County, Colorado Logging Old-Growth Trees for Contested “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.”
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