Colorado House Bill to Route Funding from Logging to Home Protection from Wildfires

On March 2, Rep. Tammy Story (District 25, Jefferson County) introduced HB 26-1310 into the Colorado House of Representatives to reroute a portion of the state’s “wildfire mitigation” taxpayer funding away from controversial and scientifically-contested “fuel reduction” logging towards proven home hardening protections, prioritizing grants to low-income residents along with seniors and those with disabilities.…

Colorado’s “Pine Beetle Task Force”: A Who’s Who of Who’s Logging Public Lands

The Colorado Department of Natural Resources’ and Gov. Jared Polis’ “Ponderosa Mountain Pine Beetle Task Force”—created in December in reaction to the latest natural wave of native mountain pine beetles in Front Range forests—consists primarily of representatives from governments, agencies, industries, and NGOs that carry out and/or promote scientifically-contested “wildfire fuel reduction” logging on public…

NASA Climatologist Dr. James E. Hansen Speaks Out against Wildfire “Fuel Reduction” as “Trojan Horse” for Logging

Dr. James Hansen, former Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and current Director of the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions at Columbia University, penned a January 29, 2026 opinion piece in the Boston Globe speaking out against wildfire “fuel reduction” in forests and opposing the “Fix Our Forests” Act, which…

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