On episode 93 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get political on the topic of whether elected officials in the Democratic party are walking their talk when it comes to protecting the natural world, with Karen Breslin, democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate from Colorado. Host Josh Schlossberg talks withContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #93: DO DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT?”
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24 Colorado Conservation Groups Ask Sen. Hickenlooper to Oppose “Fix Our Forests” Act
Twenty-four Colorado conservation groups—including 350 Colorado, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, High Country Conservation Advocates, and WildEarth Guardians—signed a letter asking Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO) to oppose the unscientific “Fix Our Forests” Act and instead support legislation that would actually protect communities from wildfire through home hardening and defensible space pruning less than 100 feetContinue reading “24 Colorado Conservation Groups Ask Sen. Hickenlooper to Oppose “Fix Our Forests” Act”
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.
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.
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.”
Wildfire/Forests Letter to the Editor + Commentary in 7 Colorado Newspapers
Logging for “wildfire fuel reduction” on Colorado public lands
Instead of Saving Homes from Wildfire, Colorado’s Congressional Delegation Spends Billions to Log National Forests
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Senator John Hickenlooper, and Representative Joe Neguse helped spend over $3.3 billion in taxpayer dollars to log national forests, funds that could’ve protected homes from wildfire, according to Eco-Integrity Alliance, a national coalition uniting the environmental movement, with a base in Colorado. Eco-Integrity Alliance has erected a billboard on E. ColfaxContinue reading “Instead of Saving Homes from Wildfire, Colorado’s Congressional Delegation Spends Billions to Log National Forests”
TAKE ACTION: Money Wasted Logging Public Lands Should Make Homes Firewise
The large wildfires we’ve been experiencing across the West—which risk the lives of residents and firefighters and threaten homes—are the result of high temperatures and drought made worse by climate change (coinciding with high winds). And the two most important actions we can take in response are to: Appallingly, Congress continues to siphon our taxpayerContinue reading “TAKE ACTION: Money Wasted Logging Public Lands Should Make Homes Firewise”
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