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Upcoming Webinar Series: Discover Nature’s Phoenix
Discover the Wonders of Nature’s Phoenix Second Edition! We are thrilled to announce the release of the extensively updated 2nd edition of Nature’s Phoenix. This new edition is once again co-edited and authored by Wild Heritage’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Dominick DellaSala & John Muir Project’s Director and Principal Ecologist, Dr. Chad Hanson, with contributions from…
Read More“Fix Our Forests Act” is Just Another Destructive Logging Bill in Disguise
In the wake of recent wildfires that have devastated numerous human communities, Representatives Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and Scott Peters (D-CA) have introduced the “Fix Our Forests Act.” The bill, touted as a solution to enhance forest health and protect towns from wildfires, in reality is a logging bill that would roll back bedrock environmental laws and would actually increase, not decrease, the threats to vulnerable communities.
Read MoreBiden Old-Growth Amendment is Logging Plan in Disguise
The Biden Administration’s new Old-Growth Amendment Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) predictably endorses commercial logging in old-growth forests, under the guise of wildfire management and forest health. This draft allows the logging of mature and old-growth trees, contradicting extensive scientific research, including studies by the U.S. Forest Service itself, which show that such practices worsen wildfire risks. Ignoring pleas from over 200 scientists, the administration’s plan prioritizes logging over genuine forest protection, putting these vital ecosystems and surrounding communities at greater risk.
Read MoreOver 200 Scientists and Over 200 Environmental Groups Urge Biden to Protect Mature and Old-Growth Forests for Real
In early 2024, over 200 scientists and over 200 environmental and environmental justice groups signed letters to the Biden Administration, urging the Administration to completely protect all mature and old-growth forests on federal public lands from logging, including “thinning”, and regardless of the reasons that federal land agencies claim for wanting to sell public trees…
Read MoreSen. Feinstein and Rep. Panetta join Republicans in Disasterous Logging Bill
With a short title of the “Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020” you would think that this piece of legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress would be focused on actually protecting communities from wildland fire. Unfortunately, you would be mistaken. Out of its 53 pages, 4 Titles and 13 Sections, there is exactly…
Read MoreWho Was John Muir, Really?
We have often been conditioned to think idealistically about great historical figures as icons, institutions, or superheroes, despite the historical context of their times, but that’s a mistake. They are all people, and their lives have arcs that may involve major changes and transformations. They are a product of their upbringing but it is up…
Read MoreOver 200 Top U.S. Climate and Forest Scientists Urge Congress: Protect Forests to Mitigate Climate Crisis
As multiple current legislative proposals attempt to shoehorn measures that would increase logging, or increase funding for logging, into COVID-19 stimulus packages, over 200 top U.S. climate and forest scientists are now asking Congressional leaders to avoid using the pandemic emergency as a means for stripping away forest protections and promoting logging
Read MoreA Trillion Trees in Rep. Bruce Westerman’s Hands Means A Trillion Stumps
BY RACHEL FAZIO | FEBRUARY 15, 2020 In an effort to springboard off President Trump’s recent pledge to join the global community in planting a trillion trees to increase the amount of carbon drawn out of the atmosphere and help us to mitigate the worst effects of the climate crisis, Rep. Bruce Westerman, a pro-logging…
Read MoreSenator Feinstein on the Wrong Path Regarding Forests
At the Tahoe Summit this week in Lake Tahoe, California Senator Dianne Feinstein unveiled her plan to fight climate change, by pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into logging and vegetation removal projects on public-lands, and circumventing public participation in how National Forests are managed. Although she did not speak of it at this event,…
Read MoreCALL 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…
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