Posts by Bekah Mamola
Stop Clearcutting CA | Sonia Demiray and Jennifer Mamola
Keep It In the Forest – An Environmental Campaign to Combat Misinformation America’s forests are under siege. The Keep It In the Forest campaign is a grassroots education movement led by a coalition of NGOs and experts, which breaks down the science and economics behind why protecting forests, NOT cutting them down, is essential for…
Read MoreDon’t Mourn the Rim Fire – Learn from it
April 18, 2025
By Letters to the Editor, Jennifer Mamola
Los Angeles Times LTE
Far from being lifeless, the areas affected by the 2013 Rim fire now support a rich array of species, from woodpeckers to rare flowers. The Rim fire didn’t ruin Yosemite. It offered a lesson.
Read MoreTrump Logging Order Sparks Fears for US Southeast Forests
Context
By Carey L. Biron
The executive orders and implementation cite a focus on reducing wildfires and safeguarding at-risk communities. But wildfire scientist Chad Hanson, director of the nonprofit John Muir Project, said this viewpoint flies in the face of years of scientific findings. “Claiming that removing millions of trees somehow will curb wildfires and therefore communities don’t have to worry, that approach is unconscionably dangerous … based on the evidence we have,” he said. In fact, thinning has been found to dry out forests and allow winds to spread fires more easily, he said.
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