The F*ck Our Forests Act

Here is a podcast by Adam Bronstein interviewing Jennifer Mamola with the John Muir Project. Jenn discusses insights and frustrations with current wildfire policy in Washington, D.C. She stresses the importance of shifting focus from backcountry forest management to home hardening and defensible spaces around communities.

Criticizing ineffective policies like the Fix Our Forests Act, she highlights the ecological necessity of allowing fire-adapted ecosystems to regenerate naturally. Jenn advocates for a community-out approach and better disaster mitigation funding, calling for Congress to adopt practical, science-backed solutions for true wildfire resilience.

Here are 3 ways to listen:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-public-lands/id1752585783?i=1000697998826

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2370261/episodes/16742777-16-the-f-ck-our-forests-act-d-c-dysfunction.mp3?download=true


Oppose the “Fix Our Forests Act!”

or

https://www.westernwatersheds.org/actionalerts/tell-your-senators-to-oppose-the-fix-our-forests-act


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  1. Jeff Hoffman Avatar
    Jeff Hoffman

    We also need to prohibit all development is fire-prone areas to begin with. THAT’s the fundamental problem here. People move into fire-prone areas, then demand that the government destroy the areas to make them “safe.” On top of that, humans start 90% of wildfires. Killing trees doesn’t even work to stop wildfires, but that’s not the issue here because humans shouldn’t be killing trees in the first place. Earth First!

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Jonathan Ratner

Jonathan Ratner has been in the trenches of public lands conservation for nearly 25 years. He started out doing forest carnivore work for the Forest Service, BLM, and the Inter-agency Grizzly Bear Study Team, with some Wilderness Rangering on the Pinedale Ranger District. That work lead him directly to deal with the gross corruption within the federal agencies' range program.

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