Encourage reps to protect National Forests against reckless logging

[chestnut_pod]

National Forests and Grasslands comprise 193 million acres of the protected lands in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. They're less famous than the national parks, so threats to them garner less attention, but they are equally as vital for the preservation of wildlife, clean air, and clean water. The Trump administration's order to hugely inflate U.S. logging puts sustainable forest harvest, the National Forest system, and all the wildlife and people who rely on National Forests to be well-cared-for and extant at risk. 5Calls has a script for encouraging your representatives to protect these often-overlooked elements of the U.S. conservation regime.

https://5calls.org/issue/national-forest-public-land-logging-deforestation/

Comments

[indarkdirected]

Thanks for posting this! Going to check it out now.

[chestnut_pod]

Thank you!!

[loligo]

If you live near a National Forest, as I do, you can also emphasize the economic importance of tourism! People don't pay money to go hiking in a clear cut.

[chestnut_pod]

That’s a great point!