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Colorado on Front Lines of “Roadless Rule” Battle with Trump Admin

Despite what appears to be an intentional statewide media coverup, Colorado is on the front lines of a battle with the Trump administration over the U.S. Forest Service’s looming rollback of the “Roadless Rule,” which currently limits industrial extraction (logging, grazing, mining, and drilling) across almost sixty million acres of America’s wildest lands.

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”

NEW STUDY: Fast Moving, Wind Driven Wildfires Most Dangerous

Fast moving fires are the most deadly, according to a new study out of University of Colorado Boulder, published in the journal Science. These findings dovetail with other peer reviewed studies showing how “wildfire fuel reduction” logging opens forests to wind which can spread flames more rapidly to communities.

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.

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”