Sarah Hyden

Sarah Hyden has been working to protect the Santa Fe National Forest for well over a decade. She was a co-founder of the Santa Fe Forest Coalition and was the WildEarth Guardians’ Santa Fe National Forest Advocate. In 2019, she co-founded The Forest Advocate, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to protection of the Santa Fe National Forest and all western forests. The Forest Advocate maintains an active website that publishes forest advocacy news and resources — theforestadvocate.org.

The “Wildfire” the Forest Service Ignited

Sacred Forest Management

Rational Analysis is Required Before Cutting and Burning Dry Forests

Smokey Bear is Partially Right

Appreciating Forests

The Calf Canyon Fire Review: an Indictment of the Forest Service’s Land Management Strategy

Rethinking Dry Forest Management in a Warming Climate

The Enormous Flaw in Wildfire Data

The Infrastructure Act and the Taos Canyon Logging Project: Time For a Forest Revolution. 

The Secret Fire

Forest Management: The Words Matter

Thin-From-Below in Dry Forests: Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire?

Forest Management: Let’s Reclaim Our Intentions

After Last Year’s Santa Fe National Forest Wildfires, Forest Management Must be Reconsidered

Do Trees Have Consciousness?

Forest Service Wildfire Management Policy Run Amok