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Climate Change Miscalculations: It’s Getting Hotter In Here

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We’ve known about climate change for a long time and the predictions over the past 30 years did not warn about the realities we face today happening so fast.

So, how did we get it so wrong?

The answer to this question is both infuriating and so painfully human.

The NYT recently published an article well worth the read regarding the cautionary position scientists tend to assume and the natural, unpredictable way in which evidence falls into place regardless of how well we study what’s happening.

Read the article here.

The Hill Reports The Trump Administration is Out to Destroy Public Lands (This Is NOT a Partisan Issue)

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The Hill said it best.

This is not about what side of the party lines one chooses to promote. When you follow the money, you can see who benefits from the Trump Administration wiping out the public from the management and uses of public land.

“This administration’s recent decisions aren’t partisan — they’re a blatant strategy to ignore bipartisan support for public lands and hand them over to their oil and gas industry friends.”

Read the whole article here.

Dr. Dominick DellaSala Visits Santa Fe and Shares His Deep Concerns for What the Forest Service Has in Store

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Conservation biologist Dr. Dominick DellaSala came to see us here in Santa Fe and observed with his 30+ years of research and expertise what’s happening in our forests.

It’s fair to say he was very concerned.

Listen to his story and his impressions of what “thinning” can and cannot do for our beloved city on the following two podcasts:

He spoke with the generous hosts of “Living on the Edge” on KSFR (Listen here) as well as KSFR News Director Tom Trowbridge (Listen here – scroll to the bottom of the page and click the play arrow next to the word “Listen”).

Who Would You Trust to Take Care of Your Mother? Take a Closer Look at the Way Women Are Treated in The Forest Service

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We entrust the Forest Service with the care of our planet – the mother from which we were all born. If you were going to hire someone to care for your mother or another precious woman in your family, what qualifications would you want this person to have?

According to a PBS report, there’s a long history of misogyny in the Forest Service making it a threatening place for women seeking to care for the earth to maintain a career (and their dignity).

See the whole story and watch the video here.

One of the chief architects of the landmark logging rules for national forest management is against Trump’s proposal

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After a landslide in Oregon, Jim Furnish took an investigative, clinical look at how the forests are managed and logged. The landslide was the result of rushed, mismanaged logging road construction and usage. Salmon and spotted owls were greatly impacted by this enormous oversight and Furnish felt personally responsible.

In addition to needing a better plan for public access roads, Furnish shares something important he learned:

“The Forest Service shouldn’t operate in a vacuum. The public should have its say, and we can’t cut it out of its rightful role just because that would be quick, easy or politically expedient.”

Read the whole fascinating story here.

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