John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute

John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute We are dedicated to the ethical &ecological management of our federal public forestlands. Click here for our Action Links! https://linktr.ee/johnmuirproject

Our goal is to ensure that these lands are managed to provide optimal ecological conditions to support &restore full complement of native biodiversity in our forests

Our webinar dives into the language of the so-called "Fix Our Forests Act" to highlight how a cleverly hidden loophole i...
05/19/2026

Our webinar dives into the language of the so-called "Fix Our Forests Act" to highlight how a cleverly hidden loophole in S. 1462 would nullify any potential enforcement of all federal environmental laws on national forests and BLM lands nationwide.

If you thought that the House version of FOFA was extreme, just wait until you learn about this newly discovered loophole. We ask the public to call their senators at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to oppose the "Fix Our Forests Act" (S. 1462).

Alternatively, we ask congress and the public to support the Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act (H.R. 582 / S. 3609), a bill that would focus funding on scientifically supported and proven wildfire mitigation strategies.

Watch the full webinar on our YouTube channel to learn why you should oppose the "Fix Our Forests Act!"

🔗 YouTube: www.youtube.com/
📸 Photo taken by Nicholas Scritchfield of abundant lodgepole pine regeneration in Rocky Mountain National Park.

The "Fix Our Forests Act" is a Wasteful, Destructive Con: Part 1Fire is a natural and ecologically essential in U.S. for...
05/04/2026

The "Fix Our Forests Act" is a Wasteful, Destructive Con: Part 1

Fire is a natural and ecologically essential in U.S. forests. There is no scientific disagreement about this. But a political narrative has been circulating in recent years, asserting that it is infeasible to simply manage public forests with fire because many are too dense, or have not burned in many decades.

They would have us spend billions of taxpayer dollars "thinning" public forests, claiming this must be done before we can safely allow fire to occur, and we must weaken or override environmental laws to expedite this increase in taxpayer-subsidized logging on public lands.

Read the full blog post on our website or substack to learn why you should oppose the Fix Our Forests Act.

🔗 Website: www.johnmuirproject.org/blog
🔗 Substack: johnmuriproject.substack.com
📸 Photo taken by John Preschutti of mature and old-growth logging on the Plumas National Forest.

If the giant sequoia is dying out, why are there tens of thousands of seedlings and saplings?In a recent Los Angeles Tim...
04/18/2026

If the giant sequoia is dying out, why are there tens of thousands of seedlings and saplings?

In a recent Los Angeles Times article, senior writer Doug Smith explores the 2021 KNP Complex high-intensity burn areas and witnesses vibrant, natural regeneration firsthand.

To learn more, watch The Great Big Giant Sequoia Scam on YouTube, visit our Save Our Sequoias Act factsheet, take action on our website to oppose mismanagement of our giant sequoia groves, and read the full LA Times article below!

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOMJJhuvm64
🔗 www.johnmuirproject.org/take-action/ #/19
📖 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-13/if-giant-sequoia-is-dying-out-why-so-many-seedlings-saplings

Fire Renews Forests; Politics Destroys CommunitiesWildfire policy in the United States keeps making the same mistake: tr...
04/08/2026

Fire Renews Forests; Politics Destroys Communities

Wildfire policy in the United States keeps making the same mistake: treating forests as the problem and communities as collateral damage. That mistake was on full display at one of the latest House Natural Resources Committee hearings (Feb. 3rd) on the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA), framed as a response to the Los Angeles wildfires—even though those fires didn't burn through forests.

Read the full blog post on our website or substack to learn what you can do to support communities and protect our forests!

🔗 Website: www.johnmuirproject.org/blog
📸 Photo taken in Salt Lake City by Jennifer Mamola

04/06/2026

Giant Sequoias Need Intense Fires

In areas often described as devastated, the largest high-intensity fire patches, a new study found dense and thriving regeneration in every plot. The strongest growth was found in the most intensely burned patches where crown fire reached the tops of trees.

Concerns about seed loss, shrub competition, or distance from surviving trees did not match what the scientists observed on the ground. Instead, these high-intensity burn areas created some of the best conditions for natural regeneration, exceeding the federal government's initial modeling projections at four years post-fire by more than 21 times.

To learn more, watch The Great Big Giant Sequoia Scam on YouTube and visit the Save Our Sequoias Act factsheet on our website! Please take action to oppose the misleadingly named Save Our Sequoias Act (a logging bill in disguise) at the JMP link below.

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOMJJhuvm64
🔗 www.johnmuirproject.org/take-action/ #/19
Video created by Adam Bronstein and JMP

THEY VOTED WHILE THE ASHES WERE STILL FALLINGSetting aside the fact that the L.A. fires were not forest fires, the bigge...
04/03/2026

THEY VOTED WHILE THE ASHES WERE STILL FALLING

Setting aside the fact that the L.A. fires were not forest fires, the bigger question is this: Why is the House still holding hearings on H.R. 471 at all? FOFA passed the House last January (2025)—rushed to the floor before the ashes had even settled—using tragedy as political cover for a bill built on wildfire misinformation.

Read the full blog post on our website or substack!
📸 Photo taken in June 2019 of Golden Eardrops and other fire flowers, 18 months after the Thomas Fire by Bryant Baker
🔗 Read our blog: www.johnmuirproject.org/blog

03/24/2026

Giant Sequoia Regeneration

Research shows that giant sequoias regenerate successfully in large, high-intensity burn patches. While there is an initial pulse of seedlings across all burn levels—including low and moderate intensity—most of those seedlings die off within a few years. In contrast, seedlings in high-intensity burn patches not only persist, but reach high densities and incredible growth rates.

Despite this, land management agencies claim giant sequoias cannot regenerate after high-intensity fires—an assertion not supported by the science—and are using it to promote the misleadingly named Save Our Sequoias Act (S. 4103), which contains misguided management actions that would degrade these forest ecosystems.

To learn more, watch The Great Big Giant Sequoia Scam on YouTube and visit the Save Our Sequoias Act factsheet on our website!

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOMJJhuvm64
🔗 www.johnmuirproject.org/public-education/
Video created by Adam Bronstein and JMP

Fire Works. FOFA Logs. Don't Be Fooled.It's time that we urge our senators to reject the Fix Our Forests Act and any log...
03/23/2026

Fire Works. FOFA Logs. Don't Be Fooled.

It's time that we urge our senators to reject the Fix Our Forests Act and any logging-first wildfire legislation. Instead, support policies that:

• Prioritize managed wildfire and prescribed fire, where it naturally belongs,
• Invest in better evacuation routes, defensible space, home hardening, and smoke centers,
• Reduce human-caused ignitions,
• Keep wildfire pretense logging off our public lands.

Read the full blog post on our website or substack!
📸 Photo taken in April 2024 of logging within Yosemite National Park by Douglas Bevington
🔗 Read our blog: www.johnmuirproject.org/in-the-news/

03/12/2026

Across North America, forests evolved with natural disturbance processes such as wildfire and cycles of native insects like bark beetles. The scale and intensity of these processes varied widely in a dynamic dance of constant change, shaping forest structure and the life within it.

Rather than attempting to engineer resilience, the most responsible approach is far simpler: allow natural processes to unfold without intervention. Visit our blog or substack post to read our full response to a recent USFS post-fire restoration webinar.

Video taken three years post-fire in a high-intensity burn patch of the 2020 East Troublesome Fire in Rocky Mountain National Park by Nicholas Scritchfield.

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