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Center For Biological Diversity and Natural Resources Defense Council Concept Zero (2004 Project) Heartwood (2008 Project) Indiana Forest Alliance (2008 Project) Kentucky Heartwood (2004 and 2007 Projects) Protect Our Woods (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Projects) San Francisco Estuary Institute (2004 Project)
Center For Biological Diversity GreenFire Project Description: Analysis of and Comments on the Draft Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Designation for the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly About the Clients: NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. GreenFire Project Description: “Analysis of the USDA Forest Service's Land and Resource Plan for the Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky and Tennessee” In 2004, The Forest Service issued a Draft Land and Resource Management Plan and accompanying Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Land Between the Lakes. GreenFire was commissioned by David Nickell of Concept Zero to analyze the DEIS and comment on it. In the Plan, the Forest Service selected a preferred alternative that favored high-impact recreation development for the LBL. We found that if the Forest Service had considered all the costs and benefits of keeping LBL's wild places intact, including recreation, option, bequest and existence values, an alternative favoring forest protection and low-impact recreation would have delivered the highest net social, economic and environmental benefits to the public. About the Client: Contact: Tel. 270-534-3269
Heartwood "An Economic Analysis of the Wayne National Forest Plan" In 2006, the U.S. Forest Service adopted a "revised" 15-year land and resource management plan for the Wayne National Forest in Ohio. Under legal requirements in place in 2006, the Forest Service was expected to maximize net public benefits when adopting this plan. Heartwood, Buckeye Forest Council, and others felt that the public was not getting its money's worth in regard to taxpayer funding of the management this national forest and appealed the plan. Those appeals were, for the most part, denied. Heartwood then commissioned Greenfire Consulting Group, LLC in 2008 to analyse whether the Wayne National Forest plan indeed does "maximize net public benefits." The findings of this study indicate that this is not the case. Click here for Intro, Summary & Recommendations of the study Click here for Economic Analyis of the Wayne National Forest Plan and Appendices About the Client: Contact: GreenFire Project Description: Comments on the “Draft Environmental Assessment: Increased Emphasis on Management and Sustainability of OakHickory Communities On the Indiana State Forest System.” The Indiana State Forests are public forests owned by the people of Indiana and managed by the Division of Forestry (DoF), a division of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). For over a decade, citizens of the State of Indiana, organized in citizens' groups such as the Indiana Forest Alliance, Heartwood, Protect Our Woods, Tree of Life Alliance and the Hoosier Environmental Council, have attempted to direct the DNR to preserve these forests for their highest public benefits. In 2008, the DoF published an Environmental Assessment for its 20-year plan projecting increased logging and burning in Indiana State Forests. GreenFire Consulting Group, LLC was hired to analyse and comment on this Environmental Assessment. We concluded that Indiana taxpayers most likely will have to subsidize the increased logging and burning, that the capacity of the state forests to provide highly valued ecosystem services will be compromised, that air and water quality will be negatively impacted, and that the plan will contribute to the spread of non-native invasive species that pose an increasing threat to native species of aninals and plants. Click here for detailed GreenFire Comments on the 2006 Indiana State Forest Draft Environmental Asessment About the Client: phone- (812) 332-4878 Kentucky HeartwoodGreenFire Project Description: 2007 Project: 2004 Project: About the Client: Contact: p/f (859)253-2697 (call first for fax)
GreenFire Project Descriptions: 2007 Project: 2006 Project: 2006 Project: Response to the Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the German Ridge Restoration Project. Link to GreenFire Comments: 2005 Project: 2004 Project: About the Client: Contact: Tel. 812-678-2667 San Francisco Estuary Institute GreenFire Project Description: In 2004, GreenFire was retained by the to oversee a project coordinated by the Institute and involving a group of student consultants from the Bren School of Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. GreenFire directed the Bren student group in how to fully incorporate the environmental costs of the different alternatives available for aquatic plant management at two different sites in central California. About the Client: Contact: Tel. (510) 746-SFEI (7334) www.sfei.org
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