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Lawyer Chris Tollefson says civil disobedience is a ‘symptom of democratic failure’ and in long-fought environmental battles ‘victory comes in a lot of different forms’
Wildfire prevention efforts succeeded despite pandemic Washington State’s Department of Natural Resources Landowner Program almost reached their ambitious goal of reducing fire fuels of 5,500 acres of private land. Author: Nicole Hernandez Updated: 9:07 AM PDT May 19, 2021 SPOKANE, Wash. — Clearing fire fuels is critical to reducing the risk of wildfires in the summer months. Washington State’s Department of Natural Resources Landowner Program focuses on fire hazard abatement on private land. The program saw more landowners interested in participating in...
Investigation finds biodiversity of old growth forests at risk in Port Alberni An investigation into B.C. Timber Sales’ logging plans in the Nahmint Valley in Port Alberni found they failed to comply with laws protecting old growth forest and biodiversity values in some ecosystems. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 12, 2021 7:13 PM PT | Last Updated: May 13 Conservationists with the Ancient Forest Alliance say old-growth forests like this one are crucial to the overall health of ecosystems.(Submitted by TJ Watt)
The proposed Olympic Line Harvest unit activity in the Jetty Creek watershed represents a significant additional threat to the water supply for the city of Rockaway Beach. During the last week local residents and the author measured stream buffers and photographically documented the Olympic line Harvest Unit in the Jetty Creek Drainage, the main source of drinking water for the city of Rockaway Beach. Fundamental to any consideration of logging "Olympic Line" are the significant tributaries of Jetty Creek within the area planned to be clearcut. This logging will further exacerbate water quali...
The president admitting that perhaps climate change is not a hoax. >> well, climate change is very, very real. you don't have to look beyond california to learn that. it's drier, it's hotter, the fire season is not nine months of the year, it's 12 months of the year. all of southern california now, as it moves north into northern california, it's all the time. we get heavy rains, yes. they're short-lived. vegetation grows fast and then it dries out very, very fast because it's hotter and drier. you just heard about the hot, dry north winds. climate change is a very real part of that problem. n...