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Hi John,
Grizzly bear cubs begin leaving their dens in spring, still under protection from their mothers.
But thanks to a U.S. Forest Service plan, bear cubs near Yellowstone could be walking into a logging and clearcutting zone.
So the Center has taken legal action to protect the grizzlies who live on Yellowstone's doorstep.
Please help with a gift today to the Saving Life on Earth Fund. All donations through May will be doubled.
The Forest Service wants to log more than 14,500 acres of pine and old-growth forests in the Custer Gallatin National Forest, just outside Yellowstone National Park.
As if that's not bad enough, they'll allow 5,500 acres of clearcutting and make lush, living forests into barren moonscapes.
This project will not only destroy vital habitat for grizzlies, lynx and elk but also set off a carbon bomb when it removes large swaths of oxygen-producing forest and cuts down old-growth trees.
The federal government is required to protect endangered species and their habitat — not turn it over to logging companies so they can cash in on public lands.
In the lower 48, grizzly bears survive in five isolated locations and occupy only 6% of their historic range.
Now their home is at risk of being destroyed — just as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is deciding whether the bears of Yellowstone should still be protected by the Endangered Species Act.
The extinction crisis is here. We must protect species at risk — and the places they live. The business-as-usual greed behind cutting down our precious forests has to end.
We'll keep up the fight to protect grizzlies in and around Yellowstone, but we need you with us.
Please give today to the Saving Life on Earth Fund to have your donation matched.
For the wild,
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