Posts by Rachel Fazio
CALL Gov. Newsom TODAY! Urge Him to Use Housing Funds to Help Fire-Affected Communities Rather than Log Wildlife Habitat in the Rim Fire.
California received $70 million dollars in funding from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that was supposed to help communities affected by wildfire. Instead of using this money to assist people in communities where many homes were lost during recent fires (like Paradise or Santa Rosa), California is planning to use these…
Read MoreUrge the Sierra Nevada Conservancy to STOP Funding Logging in California’s Forests!
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Read MoreLogging Didn’t Stop the Camp Fire
Since the Camp Fire burned there has been a lot of discussion in the media and much chest pounding from pro-logging advocates and politicians, including of course President Trump, that if only California would log more of its forests, towns and lives would be saved. Nothing could be further from the truth, and in this…
Read MoreCALLS NEEDED NOW: To Keep Dangerous Logging Provisions out of the Farm Bill
With the Camp and Woolsey fires in California on the verge of being put out, and the shocking loss of thousands of homes, 80+ lives and hundreds still missing settling in, people are looking for answers as they try to understand how a tragedy such as this can be prevented in the future. But not…
Read MorePresident Trump is Wrong About Wildfire Prevention
November 17, 2018
By Chad Hanson
CNN Op-Ed
With the shocking loss of thousands of homes and dozens of lives in the Camp and Woolsey fires in Northern and Southern California, people are looking for answers as they try to understand how a tragedy such as this can be prevented in the future.
Read MoreSave the Date #GivingTuesday
Happy Giving Season! #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday-NOVEMBER 27-following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. We at John Muir…
Read MoreUsing Wildfires as an Excuse to Plunder Forests
September 4, 2018
By Chad Hanson and Michael Brune
The New York Times Op-Ed
President Trump recently blamed environmental protections for the loss of homes and lives in wildfires in California, and followed up that groundless suggestion by strongly implying that increased logging could protect rural towns from these conflagrations.
Read MoreLessons from the La Tuna Fire
August 10, 2018
By Chad Hanson
Los Angeles Times Op-Ed
Driven by triple-digit temperatures and high winds, the La Tuna fire scorched 7,194 acres of shrubland and forest in the western Verdugo Mountains area of Los Angeles, Glendale and Burbank last summer, making it the largest fire to occur within Los Angeles city limits in half a century.
Read MoreHelp Protect Rim Fire Habitat- Please Send your Email Today!
Habitat in the Rim Fire is under threat and we need your help today! A state agency, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, is planning to use Federal taxpayer dollars, which were supposed to help communities recover from natural disasters, to log rich habitat created by the Rim Fire in remote areas of the Stanislaus National…
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