In this episode, I speak with Josh Schlossberg of the Eco Integrity Alliance about what he calls the largest logging project in Colorado’s history—roughly half a million acres of planned industrial logging. The proposal is divided into four contiguous projects along the Front Range, with the newest, the Pikes Peak Vegetation Management Project, covering 200,000 acres on its own.

The plan includes about 14,000 acres of logging inside four protected roadless areas and nearly a quarter-million acres of herbicide applications across the Pike and San Isabel National Forests. Taken together, these four projects would subject nearly the entire north–south stretch of the Front Range to extensive “vegetation management” ie logging.

Large-scale “wildfire emergency” logging was first authorized under President Biden and later expanded under Trump to most areas of our national forests outside wilderness, parks, and a few other exceptions.

02:06 The State of Land Management and Political Dynamics

08:06 The Role of Substack in Environmental Advocacy

11:34 Colorado’s Logging Projects and Their Implications

12:45 The Broader Impact of Logging on Public Lands

13:40 The Controversy and Consequences of Current Practices

46:04 Media’s Role in Wildfire Reporting

46:50 Zooming Out: The Bigger Picture of Wildfires

48:37 Colorado Smoke Screen: Exposing Coverup

49:48 The Clear Cut Cult

01:09:22 Grassroots Advocacy and Media Accountability

01:17:29 Final Thoughts and Future Projects

https://eco-integrityalliance.org/

Contact Josh: [email protected]