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Dear Defender of Wildlife, Some of America’s most precious wildlife habitat could be splintered by roads and auctioned to the highest bidder under a proposed new rule. And if the rule goes into effect, there’s not a thing you or I could do about it. Under this proposal, more than 90% of projects to log, mine, drill or develop our national forests would bypass public participation and environmental review. President Trump has declared that aggressively expanding logging is his highest priority on our national forests. This regulation would pave the way by enabling the Forest Service to ignore the harmful impacts of roadbuilding and logging on wildlife, watersheds and other public values. URGENT: Don’t let the Trump administration take away your voice in public lands management! National forests are home to gray wolves, grizzly bears, and a huge diversity of birds, fish, small mammals and other wildlife. In fact, they support nearly 470 threatened and endangered species and over 3,000 other species of conservation concern. At a time when habitat loss and climate change are accelerating the loss of species, it is unacceptable for the Forest Service to sideline science and the public to achieve President Trump’s dangerous vision for our national forests. Let’s call this proposal what it really is – a thinly veiled attempt to make it easier rubberstamp permits for industry to exploit our national forests and harm wildlife. We can’t let that happen! Sincerely,
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