the diverse flora and fauna that depend on them. FOFA would only expand the same flawed paradigm—making these reforms urgent. Following the 2020 Thielsen Fire north of Crater Lake National Park, some large, resilient trees were cut down in the name of public safety. Photo: Francis Eatherington

not business-as-usual exploitation dressed up as “fire mitigation” or “forest health”. The FS should be removed from USDA and replaced with a Department of Ecology to safeguard public lands, forests, watersheds, and fire-adapted ecosystems for people and

to boost timber sales, framing commercial logging as “fire management.” This approach began under the previous administration and continues today. Existing laws and sideboards are failing. We need stronger protections and enforceable rules,

Dr. Hanson's panel starts at 18 minutes, 20 seconds: youtu.be/Zr2SZJAasJA?...

For this next week, please speak up, please call your Senators, if they're on the committee, at (202) 224-3121 and push them to vote against FOFA. Or send a message through our action alert here: johnmuirproject.org/take-action/...

Burn marks included, beauty shines in every phase of their life. Join us in sharing this message through our action alert, to stop the trojan horse that is “Save Our Sequoias Act”: johnmuirproject.org/take-action/...

Here is a sneak peek quote: "With ecological education, the public can come to view a newly blackened hillside not as a scar, but as a beauty mark on the landscape!" p. 182