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”
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ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT #2: “Leger Fernandez says Forest service made ‘outrageous’ errors in northern New Mexico fires” by Ollie Reed, Jr., Albuquerque Journal
“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”
Green Root Podcast #70: THE “ENCHANTED” FORESTS OF NEW MEXICO (w/ Sam Hitt of Santa Fe Forest Coalition)
On episode 70 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg talks with Sam Hitt, President of Santa Fe Forest Coalition, about the many perils facing forests in New Mexico’s “Land of Enchantment” and what needs to be done to protect them.
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]
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.
Eco-Integrity Alliance Awarded Grant for Rocky Mountain Wildfire-Forests Media Campaign
Eco-Integrity Alliance is pleased to announce our receipt of a generous grant from a foundation based in the western U.S. for its Rocky Mountain Wildfire-Forests Media Campaign. The goal of the campaign across Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, is to balance the dominant narrative promoting unscientific “wildfire fuel reduction” logging in mainstreamContinue reading “Eco-Integrity Alliance Awarded Grant for Rocky Mountain Wildfire-Forests Media Campaign”
Green Root Podcast #69: THE STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM
On episode 69 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg talks about the state of environmental media and shares a big announcement.
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.
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.
Guided Hike in Colorado Forest Threatened by “Emergency” Logging | Sunday, May 26 @ 10 a.m.
On Sunday, May 26 at 10 a.m. you’re invited on a guided hike through public forests threatened by the “Lower North-South Vegetation Management” outside Sedalia. The 3-mile, slow-to-moderately-paced hike will include identifying birds and rare, medicinal, and edible plants threatened by logging, along with evidence showing how this project will harm wildlife and the climate,Continue reading “Guided Hike in Colorado Forest Threatened by “Emergency” Logging | Sunday, May 26 @ 10 a.m.”
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