Saving The Planet With A Fork
All indications are that Green House Gas (GHG) emissions are causing higher global temperatures and climate change. Records show that 2024 was the warmest year on record. Climate change is increasing...
View ArticleThe Green Roots Podcast: Is The Nature Conservancy an Environmental Group?
An Interview with Jonathan Ratner, Director of Sage Steppe Wild On episode 76 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host Josh Schlossberg gets litigious with Jonathan...
View ArticleJoin the Healthy Public Lands Conference: May 28-30th
Public lands belong to all of us, and protecting them requires collaboration, strategy, and action. That’s why we want to share an important event happening May 28-30, 2025 The Healthy Public Lands...
View ArticleTrump Oil Directive Will Lead to Greater Climate Crisis And Wildlands Losses
I published Energy: Overdevelopment and The Delusion of Endless Growth a few years ago. In my research for that book, I gained a couple of insights about energy and its ultimate costs. First, oil and...
View ArticleScreening of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Film
Over the last 18 months, I have started working on Lahontan Cutthroat Trout issues in Nevada. It’s been an eye-opener as to the ineffectiveness of the ESA to protect listed species. The Lahontan...
View ArticleAnother Trojan Horse To Expedite Livestock Grazing Of Public Lands
Here we go again. Yet another article “Bill plans to use livestock grazing to lower wildfire risk” about how livestock grazing can reduce wildfires. It seems that every month or so, someone (without...
View ArticleWhy Tribal Co-Management Is A Threat to Our Public Lands
Given the wrecking ball the Trump administration is taking to our public lands and public values, it might seem trivial to worry about tribal co-management. Our public lands are among the most...
View ArticleConservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Elk Hunting, Wildlife Corridors...
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council and Council on Wildlife and Fish filed a lawsuit in federal court in Montana against a road-building and commercial logging project on...
View ArticleCash Cows – Now Available Again
Thanks to the work of Karen Klitz, we have been able to obtain a reprint of Cash Cows – Taxes Support a Wild West holdover that enriches ranchers and degrades the land. This expose was one of the only...
View ArticleThe Forest Service Loses Billions Subsidizing Logging, Not Cleaning Outhouses
We have all read about the thousands of Forest Service employees Elon Musk laid off without cause in Trump’s reckless attempt to cut the Federal budget by $2 trillion. Unfortunately, many of those laid...
View ArticlePublic Lands Are Part Of Our Nation’s Inheritance
America’s public lands are one of the Nation’s most outstanding achievements. Public lands are part of every citizen’s heritage and an essential part of the national inheritance. It is especially vital...
View ArticleThe Deschutes River Conservancy AKA Deschutes Irrigation Conservancy
I recently attended a program about the future status of the Deschutes River presented by the Deschutes River Conservancy (DRC). The presentation was primarily self-congratulatory about how...
View ArticleThe Monetization of Public Lands
The Trump administration believes that unless it can be sold or collateralized, it has no value.
View ArticleThe F*ck Our Forests Act
Here is a podcast by Adam Bronstein interviewing Jennifer Mamola with the John Muir Project. Jenn discusses insights and frustrations with current wildfire policy in Washington, D.C. She stresses the...
View ArticlePoint Reyes Myths – The Settlement
After years of public outcry and several lawsuits from grassroots environmental groups, Point Reyes National Seashore is finally shedding (most of) its commercial ranching operations. Although...
View ArticleThe Last Wild Bison
The wild bison in Yellowstone National Park are the last major herd of buffalo, the least domesticated members of their genus left in the United States. When Yellowstone was established in 1872, an...
View ArticleWild Bison, Victim of Politics and Political Correctness
Ghost Bull, named for his ability to avoid tribal hunters outside of Yellowstone National Park. Photo by George Wuerthner I watched Ghost Bull grazing just outside of Yellowstone National Park’s...
View ArticleThe Demise of the Northwest Forest Plan
Top Line: Like bankruptcy, the death of the Northwest Forest Plan has proceeded slowly and might end quickly. Figure 1. An old-growth forest of Douglas-fir and western redcedar. Source: Sandy Lonsdale...
View Article1,100 Communities at Risk of Urban Wildfire
The recent blaze that destroyed much of Altadena, California was an urban fire ignited by wind-driven embers. Photo by George Wuerthner A new report from Headwaters Economics concludes that 1,100...
View ArticleGrass-fed Beef: Climate Destroyer
For many years, I’ve been a critic of cattle production. I have mainly focused on public land grazing because that is one area where citizens can have a voice in management. More recently, concern...
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