The Colorado Smokescreen

Protecting Colorado communities and forests from wildfire disinformation

Wildfire-Forests Strategy Sessions

Monthly Zoom calls for Colorado residents concerned about the unscientific forest “fuel reduction”–including clearcutting and old-growth logging–impacting millions of acres of Colorado’s forests.

Email coloradosmokescreen@proton.me or call/text (720) 615-4843 for more info.

All Colorado

First Mondays @ 5 pm

Strategy call for all Colorado residents on “fuel reduction” impacts to National Forests, State Lands, Open Space Parks, and Municipal Mountain Parks across the state.

Jefferson County

2nd Thursdays @ 5 pm

Strategy call for Jefferson County residents on “fuel reduction” impacts to Jefferson County Open Space Parks.

Boulder County

3rd Mondays @ 5 pm

Strategy call for Boulder County residents on “fuel reduction” impacts to Boulder County Open Space Parks.

Denver County

4th Thursdays @ 5 pm

Strategy call for Denver County residents on “fuel reduction” impacts to Denver Mountain Parks.

Conservationist Files Lawsuit Against Jefferson County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper for Alleged Violation of Colorado Open Records Act

Ecosystem advocate, Josh Schlossberg, filed a civil complaint in District Court in Jefferson County, Colorado last week alleging that Jefferson County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper deleted and/or withheld emails requested in a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) filing. On September 15, 2022, plaintiff Josh Schlossberg (formerly a Jefferson County resident, now living in Boulder County) sent…

Colorado’s Point of No Return for Public Lands?

This might be it, folks. The point of no return for us Coloradans to turn the tides to save our last, best ecosystems on public lands from industrial-scale extraction, degradation, and ultimately destruction. If more of us chip in—even just a tiny bit—we can start turning this around, no question in my mind. In fact,…

SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS: Beetle-Killed Forests Do NOT Increase Chance of Wildfire (Can Actually Burn LESS Often); “Thinning” Ineffective or Counterproductive at Slowing Big Waves

Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ and Department of Natural Resources’ recent claim that the latest natural wave of native mountain pine beetle in Front Range forests will increase wildfire threats to communities and forests has long been disproven by the consensus of peer-reviewed—and even government agency—science. This includes conclusive studies from CU Boulder and Colorado State…

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22 Colorado Conservation Groups ask Elected Officials to Engage with Science on ‘Wildfire Fuel Reduction’ Logging

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