Posts by Jennifer Mamola
Roundup Was the Symptom. The Intervention Reflex Is the Disease.
Having correctly identified that our national forests are being managed like tree farms — that the Roundup exists to clear the way for commercially valuable conifers — the film’s conclusion pivoted to: our forests don’t need Roundup. They need replanting and thinning. I understand the impulse. You’ve spent a year documenting institutional failure and you want to hand the audience a solution. But that solution is just Roundup with better PR. It is, in the most precise sense of the phrase, missing the forest for the trees.
Read MoreSOS Act NGO Opposition Letter Press Release
We, the undersigned organizations, urge you to oppose S. 4103, the so-called “Save Our Sequoias Act” (Sen. Padilla,
D-CA, Sen. Curtis, R-UT). Contrary to its deceptive name, this is a deeply destructive logging bill.
SOS Act NGO Opposition Letter
We, the undersigned organizations, urge you to oppose S. 4103, the so-called “Save Our Sequoias Act” (Sen. Padilla, D-CA, Sen. Curtis, R-UT). Contrary to its deceptive name, this is a deeply destructive logging bill.
Read MoreThe Myth of Catastrophic Wildfire
Fighting Back — and Dreaming Forward — at PIELC 2026
PIELC, The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference held at the University of Oregon, is a worthy experience, and I would recommend attending to any environmental attorney or activist.
Read MoreSOS Logging Bill Fact Sheet
Collaboration: Panacea or Pitfall?
At the 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Dr. Chad Hanson joined a group of experienced voices to examine how collaborative groups are influencing decisions across public lands. This panel takes a candid look at these concerns and questions whether collaboratives groups are truly serving our public lands or undermining them.
Read MoreHow Disinformation about Giant Sequoias and Fire is Threatening Protected Areas Nationally | PIELC
Dr. Chad Hanson of the John Muir Project share a presentation about the most misunderstood tree on Earth—giant sequoias—and their struggle to survive our war on wildfires at the 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference.
Read MoreWildfire, Active Management, and Community Safety: PIELC 2026
At the 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Dr. Chad Hanson shares new research about the influence of dense forests on fire intensity. Unsurprisingly, the study found no meaningful link between how long a forest has gone without fire and how severely it burns.
Read MoreIf the giant sequoia is dying out, why are there tens of thousands of seedlings and saplings?
Los Angeles Times
By Doug Smith
Recalling my experience with Hanson, I suggested we go off-trail up the brushy slope. As we pushed our way through, saplings appeared on all sides, hidden until we came within a few feet.
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