Posts by Bekah Mamola

By Ryner
Weather News Point

The US Forest Service, responsible for managing national forests and a significant portion of the country’s old growth, has not included mature trees in its new conservation strategy. Conservationists argue that the plan has loopholes that permit continued logging of centuries-old trees and that required reviews of logging projects are not being properly conducted, endangering the remaining old growth forests.

The Guardian

“The largest logging projects I’ve ever seen are targeting the last, best remaining old growth trees left in the country,” said Chad Hanson, a forest ecologist and co-founder of the John Muir Project. “We have a rogue agency in the Forest Service that is trying to benefit the logging industry before reforms take place,” he said. “The situation is rampant as far as I can tell and it risks squandering a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect these incredible forests.”

By Clark Mindock
Landmark

“The truth is the Chevron decision has been a mixed bag for the environment because deference to agency interpretations of environmental laws is only helpful if the agencies are trying to protect the environment,” said Chad Hanson, a forest ecologist with the Earth Island Institute’s John Muir Project.

By Vanessa Arredondo
Reckon

“These unchecked logging practices would lead to increased wildfire risk while also weakening environmental safeguards … that are crucial to maintaining these ecosystems and ensuring that these activities don’t harm endangered species or degrade the environment,” said Jennifer Mamola, the advocacy and policy director, for the John Muir Project.