December 4, 2017 In the West, we often have periods of drought. With these periods of drought our native bark beetle populations have a tendency...
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Wildfire Science Briefing to U.S. Congressional Offices a Success
On June 22, 2017 the John Muir Project organized and participated in a panel briefing for Congressional offices to help inform them about the science...
Rim Fire Burn Area Under Attack Again! Comments Due by June 26th 2017
About four years ago, the Rim Fire spread across and burned 257,000 acres near and in Yosemite National Park. In the immediate aftermath of that...
JMP to Gov. Brown’s Tree Mortality Task Force: Snags Don’t Increase Fire Intensity.
Photo looking into beetle kill area, May 2016. Sierra National Forest. Photo Credit: Chad Hanson. California Governor Jerry Brown invited the John Muir Project’s...
Last Chance to Tell the Forest Service: Preserve Remaining Snag Forest Habitat in the Rim Fire Area! Please Take Action by July 27, 2016.
Wildflowers in Rim Fire Snag Forest: Stanislaus National Forest, June 2016. Photo Credit: Chad Hanson. The Stanislaus National Forest is in the process of finalizing...
Christmas In June? Yes, “Clearcuts for Christmas” Legislation is back, and its as bad as ever!
We need your help to put this draft legislation on the right track. Comments are due to the Committee by Monday, June 13, 2016, please send in yours today!
Help Save Spotted Owls, Black-backed Woodpeckers, and Shrub-Nesting Birds in the Rim Fire!
Don’t let the remaining biodiverse snag forest habitat in the Rim Fire . . . turn into another sterilized clearcut to subsidize the biomass industry...
Governor Brown – Wrong on State of Emergency to Remove Dead Trees From Forests!
Last fall Governor Brown issued a State of Emergency Proclamation, calling natural and beneficial tree mortality, which has resulted from several years of drought, a...
Don’t Let Bundy and his Seditious Militia Convince Lawmakers to Give Away our Public Lands!
By now you have probably heard about the Bundy Militia which has taken over and is occupying under threat of violence the Malheur National Wildlife...
Language of Logging Rider Leaked, Clearcuts for Christmas Still On the Table – We Still Need Calls!
Wow, is all we can say! The language in this WildfireFundingFix_and_LoggingRider2015 is simply a giveaway to the federal timber sales program and logging interests nationwide. This “Clearcuts...
Help Stop Republicans From Forcing U.S. Spending Bills to Include Destructive Logging Provisions!
Even while leaders from around the world are attending the Climate Change Conference in Paris to develop policies which will stall and hopefully reverse the effects of Global Climate Change, climate change denying Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate are threatening to hold U.S. spending bills (the funding that runs the government) hostage unless Democrats agree to include destructive logging provisions, which will exacerbate climate change, in the appropriations package.