Picture a childcare business with the motto, “Caring for the children and serving parents.” True to its word, it hires on a small team of talented, dedicated people who really love kids and do a great job watching over them. Yet, there’s another, much larger side to this business kept on the downlow. The sameContinue reading “(de)Fund the (de)Forest Service?”
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Green Root Podcast #95: ANDY MAHLER: A LEGEND OF FOREST PROTECTION (1951-2025)
On a very sad but very special episode 95 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we share one of the last interviews with legendary forest advocate, Andy Mahler, who passed away in August at the age of 74. We hope you enjoy and savor this conversation with—and tribute to—the man who hasContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #95: ANDY MAHLER: A LEGEND OF FOREST PROTECTION (1951-2025)”
155 Conservation Groups Unite to Fortify Roadless Protections
155 conservation organizations signed the letter co-written by Eco-Integrity Alliance, John Muir Project, Western Watersheds Project, and Eco Advocates NW urging Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to go beyond simply reinstating the weakened Roadless Rule official rescinded last week.
SIGN-ON to Fortify Roadless Protections: Stronger Than the Rule, Permanent in Law
We invite your organization to join us in urging Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to go beyond simply reinstating the weakened Roadless Rule rescinded this summer. Instead, we must push for stronger, loophole-free legislation that permanently protects inventoried roadless areas from logging, road construction, livestock grazing, and other extractive activities.
Green Root Podcast #90: HOW THE PUBLIC LANDS MOVEMENT FAILED (w/ Denise Boggs, Conservation Congress)
On episode 90 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we peek behind the green curtain to uncover the REAL reasons why we keep losing our public lands to more logging, mining, drilling, and grazing, with Denise Boggs, director of Conservation Congress (conservationcongress-ca.org).
Forest Service Admits Controversial “Fuel Reduction” Logging Caused Utah Wildfire
Logging equipment from a wildfire “fuel reduction” project caused the 33,000-acre Yellow Lake Fire, according to a U.S. Forest Service statement. The fire was the largest in the area since 2016, and the largest in the state since 2020. While total suppression costs for the fire amounted to $20 million, the unnamed logging contractor wasContinue reading “Forest Service Admits Controversial “Fuel Reduction” Logging Caused Utah Wildfire”
U.S. Forest Service Ignores Own Science to Log 73,000+ Acres of Wyoming Forests
The U.S. Forest Service has approved more than 73,564 acres of controversial “fuel-reduction” logging in Wyoming public forests—including within Inventoried Roadless Areas—despite a vast and growing body of peer reviewed science refuting agency assertions that such “fuel reduction” protects communities from wildfire.
60,000 Acres of Scientifically-Contested “Emergency Action” Logging in Idaho National Forests
Since 2023, the U.S. Forest Service has approved or proposed 60,159 acres of controversial “emergency action” logging in Idaho National Forests, despite a vast and growing body of peer reviewed science refuting agency assertions that such “fuel reduction” protects communities from wildfire. The projects–End of the World, Katkee Fuels, Limber Elk, Dixie-Comstock, and Twentymile–encompass theContinue reading “60,000 Acres of Scientifically-Contested “Emergency Action” Logging in Idaho National Forests”
Quarter-Million Acres of “Emergency” Logging in Montana National Forests
Since 2023, the U.S. Forest Service has approved or proposed 220,131 acres of controversial “emergency action” logging in Montana National Forests, despite a vast and growing body of peer reviewed science refuting agency assertions that such “fuel reduction” protects communities from wildfire. The projects encompass the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bitterroot, Flathead, Kootenai, and Lolo National Forests, andContinue reading “Quarter-Million Acres of “Emergency” Logging in Montana National Forests”
Eco-Integrity Alliance Awarded Grant for Campaign to Protect National Forests as Climate & Biodiversity Reserves
Eco-Integrity Alliance is pleased to announce the receipt of a grant from Ben & Jerry’s Foundation for our campaign to Protect National Forests as Climate & Biodiversity Reserves.
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