“Leger Fernandez says Forest service made ‘outrageous’ errors in northern New Mexico fires” Albuquerque Journal by Ollie Reed, Jr., July 8, 2024 SYNOPSIS New Mexico Rep. Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) cites a U.S. Government Accountability Office report blaming the U.S. Forest Service practice of “prescribed burning” for starting the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire wildfireContinue reading “ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT #2: “Leger Fernandez says Forest service made ‘outrageous’ errors in northern New Mexico fires” by Ollie Reed, Jr., Albuquerque Journal”
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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.
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.
Farmer Bordering National Forest Opposes “Emergency” Logging That Studies Show Will Make Her Home Vulnerable to Wildfire
Deanna Meyer, a small organic farmer in Sedalia, Douglas County whose property abuts the Pike National Forest, is sounding the alarm about a massive “emergency” logging scheme that studies show will increase the risk of wildfire burning down her home. “The proposed North South Vegetation Management Project is making my farm, my family, and myContinue reading “Farmer Bordering National Forest Opposes “Emergency” Logging That Studies Show Will Make Her Home Vulnerable to Wildfire “
Peer-Reviewed Study Exposes “Falsification of the Scientific Record” in Agency-Funded Wildfire Narrative
A new study debunks industry/agency claims of “unprecedented” high-severity wildfires across “overgrown” western forests, revealing how U.S. Forest Service-funded scientists omitted evidence to push a narrative currently being used to justify proposals to log tens of millions of acres of public lands across the west, including 3.5 million acres in Colorado’s Front Range.
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