The Dangerous Myth of “Hazardous Fuels”
How the wildfire industry is using a false premise to justify logging our last roadless forests
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The Untold Story of Climate Change, featuring Trees & Forests, Food & Farming, Water & Wildlife
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The Colorado River Is Running Dry. Why Aren’t We Talking About the Land?
The New York Times focuses on shrinking reservoirs and water consumption. The deeper question is whether we are managing the landscape to capture and retain the water we already have
Forest Thinning Isn’t Forest Restoration
How a persistent myth about Western forests is used to justify logging in the name of wildfire prevention
The Climate Story We’re Telling Is Too Small
How the focus on fossil fuels and carbon emissions obscures the larger story of land degradation, energy consumption, and ecological collapse
Birds that Thrive in Severely Burned Forests
Wildfire, including severe wildfires, makes way for hundreds of species that cannot live or thrive anywhere but a severely burned forest
Contrary to Conventional Wisdom, Soil Forms Quickly, When You Treat the Land Right
The measure of good soil is "soil organic matter," which can accumulate to optimal levels in 10-20 years, if you organize to optimize plants and rainfall
Our Forests Are Being Degraded at Public Expense. Here's How That Works
A little knowledge goes a long way. Let's understand how logging companies advance falsehoods to make a profit
The Fix Our Forests Act will be Categorically Bad for Our Forests
The logging industry and government agencies successfully use fear of wildfires to disarm a fearful public and push bad policies
Healthy Soil is the Foundation of Life on Land and is the Key to Cooling Our Climate
Healthy soil starts with a healthy soil food web, including an estimated 7200 pounds of microorganisms (bacteria, algae, fungi, protozoa, etc.) per acre
The Untold Story of the Century: The Worldwide Loss of Soil Moisture
Scientists report that our soils lose an astounding 150 billion tons of freshwater every year. But they don't understand the simple, straightforward solutions we all can implement