May 3, 2018: In 2013 the Rim Fire burned 257,000 acres in/near Yosemite, now the resilience of our native forests is on full display!
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Republican’s 2018 Farm Bill: Forget Nutrition, Let’s Cutdown our Public Land Forests Instead!
April 27, 2018: In a partisan move, Republicans in Congress have decided that instead of being the lungs of our planet, or, you know,...

Protecting America’s Forests From Logging is Necessary to Reach Climate Goals
April 25, 2018: Climate Change is happening, temperature on the Earth is rising, in fact 17 U.S. towns are starting to relocate due to climate...

ACTION ALERT: Congress Rollsback Environmental Laws In Bad Omnibus Deal – Call Senators Today
It is not Christmas, but Congress has a big gift for the timber industry in its newly proposed must pass (by this Friday, March...

Environmental Groups To Congress: Wildfire “Funding Fix” Will Not Help Forests Or Communities
March 19, 2018: Today, forest protection organizations from around the country sent a letter to Congress detailing why the so called “Wildfire Disaster Funding...
Congressional “Fire Funding Fix” Proposals Bad Deal for the Environment, Scientists Say
MARCH 16, 2018: Today over 200 Scientists sent a letter to Congress urging them to walk away from behind-closed-door Omnibus Appropriation bargaining to bring into...
Little Hoover Committee Report Ignores Best Available Science in Favor of Logging
Governor Brown’s Little Hoover Commission released a Report this week “Fire on the Mountain: Rethinking Forest Management in the Sierra Nevada”. Unfortunately this report is...
New Study: Post-Fire Logging is a Threat to California Spotted Owl
BIG BEAR CITY, California (18 Jan 2018)- Wildlife ecologists studying the rare spotted owl in the forests of California have discovered that large, intense wildfires...
More Bad News For Bears Ears!
The reduction of Bears Ears National Monument to 15% of the original size has been a controversial topic in the western states since the...
Conservationists Urge Congress: Keep It Clean on Year End Spending Bills
No Anti-environmental Riders on Government Funding! As Congress attempts to keep the government open as the year comes to a close , conservationists voice...
Myth Bustin Monday – TRUTH: Fires Benefit Wetlands!
Clark County Wetlands Park, Las Vegas Nevada. Photo from Vegas.com website. When you think of wildfires, you may not immediately think of wetlands. But...
Myth Bustin’ Monday: Wildland Habitat Destruction No Help For Homes.
As many of you know, neighborhoods in Southern California have been heavily and tragically impacted by fire over the past week. One of the Myths...