Melissa Soderston
@laketahoevibes.bsky.social
Director of Tahoe Forests Matter, a member group of Eco-Integrity Alliance. Working to end deforestation on public lands. Infrastructure over ecocide. Car-free for more than a decade, Lake Tahoe California. #Climate #biodiversity #environment
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The science and evidence is clear: No amount of “thinning” will protect life and property from wind and climate driven fire, and it certainly isn’t helping “forest health”. Time to demand an end to these logging subsidies and to focus our tax dollars on home and infrastructure hardening instead.
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In a bold move, a #SouthLakeTahoe resident came up with the idea of a #SanctuaryCity for bears to promote nonlethal handling of human-bear conflict issues (which lie squarely on OUR shoulders!). Thanks Fox 40 News for your great report. #BEARLeague www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6gV...
South Lake Tahoe community may become sanctuary city for bears
YouTube video by FOX40 News
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October 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In a bold move, a #SouthLakeTahoe resident came up with the idea of a #SanctuaryCity for bears to promote nonlethal handling of human-bear conflict issues (which lie squarely on OUR shoulders!). Thanks Fox 40 News for your great report. #BEARLeague www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6gV...
My cousin lost his life to gang violence. Current policies only make things worse.
#deportation #ice #Oakland #life #writing
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#deportation #ice #Oakland #life #writing
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My Cousin Lost His Life to Gang Violence- Deportations Only Make Things Worse
My Cousin Lost His Life to Gang Violence- Deportations Only Make Things Worse On February 28, 2008 my cousin, Brandon Quilice, lost his life to gang violence. He died at the same Oakland, Ca hospital ...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My cousin lost his life to gang violence. Current policies only make things worse.
#deportation #ice #Oakland #life #writing
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#deportation #ice #Oakland #life #writing
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Caught the Game Warden looking for locations that would allow CDFW to set traps to kill #bear Hope, so we showed up! As far as we know they do plan to set one here, please help us #savehopeandbounce ! #NatureLovers #Tahoe #wildlife #biodiversity
September 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Caught the Game Warden looking for locations that would allow CDFW to set traps to kill #bear Hope, so we showed up! As far as we know they do plan to set one here, please help us #savehopeandbounce ! #NatureLovers #Tahoe #wildlife #biodiversity
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The blackout starts tomorrow…are you ready? Get involved, join the movement. #blackoutthesystem
@blackoutthesystem.bsky.social #community #eattherich
@blackoutthesystem.bsky.social #community #eattherich
September 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The blackout starts tomorrow…are you ready? Get involved, join the movement. #blackoutthesystem
@blackoutthesystem.bsky.social #community #eattherich
@blackoutthesystem.bsky.social #community #eattherich
Our response to the narrative coming from the head of CDFW on bears Hope and Bounce. Please help us save #Tahoe #bears. #savehopeandbounce #natureisbeautiful Letter to the Editor: In response to Charlton Bonham www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/letter-...
Letter to the Editor: In response to Charlton Bonham
We are BEAR League volunteers who were present last week on Butler Avenue, where the California Department of Fish and Wildlife had issued a “shoot to kill” order for a bear known as Hope. Unlike...
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September 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Our response to the narrative coming from the head of CDFW on bears Hope and Bounce. Please help us save #Tahoe #bears. #savehopeandbounce #natureisbeautiful Letter to the Editor: In response to Charlton Bonham www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/letter-...
This is EXTREMELY important‼️ Dept. of Ag has officially begun process to revoke #roadlessrule and public only has THREE WEEKS to comment! Make sure your voice is heard to protect these vital #publiclands! @johnmuirproject.bsky.social has some excellent facts you can use! #camping #hiking #fishing
August 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
This is EXTREMELY important‼️ Dept. of Ag has officially begun process to revoke #roadlessrule and public only has THREE WEEKS to comment! Make sure your voice is heard to protect these vital #publiclands! @johnmuirproject.bsky.social has some excellent facts you can use! #camping #hiking #fishing
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Please keep calling California Department of Fish and Wildlife and @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov Help us save Hope and her cub Bounce! Stop killing the bears for what is a HUMAN problem. #Biodiversity #collapse #wildlife #nature #AnimalCruelty #bears #California
August 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Please keep calling California Department of Fish and Wildlife and @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov Help us save Hope and her cub Bounce! Stop killing the bears for what is a HUMAN problem. #Biodiversity #collapse #wildlife #nature #AnimalCruelty #bears #California
Don’t forget that tonight 8/4 at 11:59pm eastern is the deadline for getting your comments in to USDA in regards to their proposed changes to the implementation of NEPA! This is extremely urgent, public comments are vital to the process!
#nature #StopTheChop #ecocide #publicland
#nature #StopTheChop #ecocide #publicland
August 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Don’t forget that tonight 8/4 at 11:59pm eastern is the deadline for getting your comments in to USDA in regards to their proposed changes to the implementation of NEPA! This is extremely urgent, public comments are vital to the process!
#nature #StopTheChop #ecocide #publicland
#nature #StopTheChop #ecocide #publicland
Terrible news. Zero transparency on tree marking, and just look at that image of what they want for our forests. The Nature Conservancy is entirely corrupt, profiting from ecosystem destruction and agency handouts. #StopTheChop and demand infrastructure!!
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Going digital | US Forest Service
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July 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Terrible news. Zero transparency on tree marking, and just look at that image of what they want for our forests. The Nature Conservancy is entirely corrupt, profiting from ecosystem destruction and agency handouts. #StopTheChop and demand infrastructure!!
www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency...
www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency...
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Dont forget to follow us on other platforms to stay up to date! Keep calling your reps, and keep fighting for what’s right! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6SEULR2/
The redundancy is the worst part of these #press conferences. #fyp #fdt #iceout #groceries #spoiled #bigbaby #civics #watchlist #humanrights #thisisamerica #democracy #freedomofspeech #rant #potato #...
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July 31, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Dont forget to follow us on other platforms to stay up to date! Keep calling your reps, and keep fighting for what’s right! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6SEULR2/
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A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says
A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.
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July 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
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There are more effective ways to live with fire and protect communities.
The 'Fix Our Forests' Act is the wrong response to wildfire. And both parties are backing it. There's a better bill on the table, and this piece breaks it down:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
@realjaredhuffman.bsky.social
The 'Fix Our Forests' Act is the wrong response to wildfire. And both parties are backing it. There's a better bill on the table, and this piece breaks it down:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
@realjaredhuffman.bsky.social
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July 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
There are more effective ways to live with fire and protect communities.
The 'Fix Our Forests' Act is the wrong response to wildfire. And both parties are backing it. There's a better bill on the table, and this piece breaks it down:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
@realjaredhuffman.bsky.social
The 'Fix Our Forests' Act is the wrong response to wildfire. And both parties are backing it. There's a better bill on the table, and this piece breaks it down:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
@realjaredhuffman.bsky.social
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Read this. READ IT.
Call you Senators and urge them NOT to support the junky "Fix Our Forests Act" which will do no such thing, and get them to support "The Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act" instead.
CALL THEM EVERY DAY!
Call you Senators and urge them NOT to support the junky "Fix Our Forests Act" which will do no such thing, and get them to support "The Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act" instead.
CALL THEM EVERY DAY!
There are more effective ways to live with fire and protect communities.
The 'Fix Our Forests' Act is the wrong response to wildfire. And both parties are backing it. There's a better bill on the table, and this piece breaks it down:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
@realjaredhuffman.bsky.social
The 'Fix Our Forests' Act is the wrong response to wildfire. And both parties are backing it. There's a better bill on the table, and this piece breaks it down:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
@realjaredhuffman.bsky.social
thehill.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Read this. READ IT.
Call you Senators and urge them NOT to support the junky "Fix Our Forests Act" which will do no such thing, and get them to support "The Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act" instead.
CALL THEM EVERY DAY!
Call you Senators and urge them NOT to support the junky "Fix Our Forests Act" which will do no such thing, and get them to support "The Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act" instead.
CALL THEM EVERY DAY!
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Trump sues South Park.
Jesus shows up in a streaming deal.
Satan dumps Trump over Epstein.
This isn’t satire. It’s prophecy.
And the regime is cracking.
Meanwhile:
They’re jailing unhoused people.
They’re suing sanctuary cities.
They call it “order.” It’s control.
It’s not creeping. It’s a blitz.
Jesus shows up in a streaming deal.
Satan dumps Trump over Epstein.
This isn’t satire. It’s prophecy.
And the regime is cracking.
Meanwhile:
They’re jailing unhoused people.
They’re suing sanctuary cities.
They call it “order.” It’s control.
It’s not creeping. It’s a blitz.
July 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Trump sues South Park.
Jesus shows up in a streaming deal.
Satan dumps Trump over Epstein.
This isn’t satire. It’s prophecy.
And the regime is cracking.
Meanwhile:
They’re jailing unhoused people.
They’re suing sanctuary cities.
They call it “order.” It’s control.
It’s not creeping. It’s a blitz.
Jesus shows up in a streaming deal.
Satan dumps Trump over Epstein.
This isn’t satire. It’s prophecy.
And the regime is cracking.
Meanwhile:
They’re jailing unhoused people.
They’re suing sanctuary cities.
They call it “order.” It’s control.
It’s not creeping. It’s a blitz.
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"The tracking program is entirely run by BI Inc., a subsidiary of Geo that got its start in the 1970s by selling a device farmers used to monitor their cattle."
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ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors
A June 9 memo directed ICE field officers to significantly expand the number of immigrants under round-the-clock surveillance.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The tracking program is entirely run by BI Inc., a subsidiary of Geo that got its start in the 1970s by selling a device farmers used to monitor their cattle."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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It used to be when Presidents saw something so grand that the American people would collectively benefit from it for generations to come, they would protect it.
Used to be.
#PublicLands
Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite Valley 1903
Used to be.
#PublicLands
Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite Valley 1903
July 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It used to be when Presidents saw something so grand that the American people would collectively benefit from it for generations to come, they would protect it.
Used to be.
#PublicLands
Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite Valley 1903
Used to be.
#PublicLands
Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite Valley 1903
Do humans not have eyes? This article, using photos showing remarkable post-fire growth, is in support of USFS plans to “restore” this area. Why must we attempt to “manage” these #natural processes? These funds should be used on INFRASTRUCTURE not #ecocide
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Life after fire: From flames to flora, new life buds in wildfire scars
Four years ago, the Caldor Fire burned 221,835 acres in El Dorado, Alpine and Amador counties, as it climbed the western slope and crested into the Tahoe Basin. Over 1,000 structures were destroyed an...
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July 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Do humans not have eyes? This article, using photos showing remarkable post-fire growth, is in support of USFS plans to “restore” this area. Why must we attempt to “manage” these #natural processes? These funds should be used on INFRASTRUCTURE not #ecocide
www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/life-af...
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Lenticular #clouds and smoke from distant #wildfires made for an absolutely spectacular #sunset over #laketahoe this evening. Will post more later but wow….may this bring you peace in these dark times. #CAwx #Nature #fdt #iceout #California #handsoff #HesOnTheList #collapse
July 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Lenticular #clouds and smoke from distant #wildfires made for an absolutely spectacular #sunset over #laketahoe this evening. Will post more later but wow….may this bring you peace in these dark times. #CAwx #Nature #fdt #iceout #California #handsoff #HesOnTheList #collapse
Once again #ca Fish and Wildlife has set a trap for this innocent mother #bear and her cub in Tahoe. Mom will be ☠️ simply for attempting to exist in her natural habitat. We are asking you to contact @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to demand an end to this cruelty.
#laketahoe #AnimalCruelty #NoMoreTraps
#laketahoe #AnimalCruelty #NoMoreTraps
July 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Once again #ca Fish and Wildlife has set a trap for this innocent mother #bear and her cub in Tahoe. Mom will be ☠️ simply for attempting to exist in her natural habitat. We are asking you to contact @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to demand an end to this cruelty.
#laketahoe #AnimalCruelty #NoMoreTraps
#laketahoe #AnimalCruelty #NoMoreTraps
#Writing is mostly willing your brain to come up with just one sentence for seven months straight and then filling 15 pages in one night. You then repeat this process.
July 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
#Writing is mostly willing your brain to come up with just one sentence for seven months straight and then filling 15 pages in one night. You then repeat this process.
Remembering how far our #rescuedog has come while preparing to say goodbye. #dogs #pets #seniordog #writing
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Preparing to Say Goodbye to Our Dog- A Rescued Life Well Lived
We have five dogs, all of them rescues. They have kept my head above water for the past six months of chaos over climate and country; forcing me to step away from the screens and doomscrolling. Our…
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July 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Remembering how far our #rescuedog has come while preparing to say goodbye. #dogs #pets #seniordog #writing
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I hate Mike Lee also, but he is only one piece of a very disturbing picture. Although his awful #publiclands sales were deemed unallowable, this fight is FAR from over. F&*! Our Forests Act, repealing of roadless rule, permitting and NEPA- they are coming from every angle. 1/2
June 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I hate Mike Lee also, but he is only one piece of a very disturbing picture. Although his awful #publiclands sales were deemed unallowable, this fight is FAR from over. F&*! Our Forests Act, repealing of roadless rule, permitting and NEPA- they are coming from every angle. 1/2
