Mature and old-growth forests on federal
lands are essential for capturing carbon and fighting pollution — but right
now, 370,000 acres of them are slated to be logged. If enough people speak up,
these forests could be permanently protected from logging by the Bureau of Land
Management.
Here’s where you come in: the Bureau
of Land Management is taking public comments on a proposed rulemaking process
that could finally protect our mature and old-growth forests — but only until
June 20th.
Will
you act now and urge the Bureau of Land Management to permanently protect
federal mature and old-growth forests from logging? To make this action even
easier, we’ve gone ahead and drafted a comment for you:
SUBMIT A COMMENT ...
Phil And Lynn, older forests and trees
are crucial for addressing the climate crisis.
These trees store the vast majority of the
above-ground carbon in a forest. In addition, older forests and trees are far
more adaptable to the impacts of climate change, especially compared to
industrial tree plantations.
Hundreds of millions of acres of land are
controlled by the federal government. Fostering ecosystem resilience and
climate resilience on that land is an essential step in tackling the climate
crisis — and protecting these old forests must be a top priority for the Bureau
of Land Management.
The good news is — after a nearly 50-year
fight — the Biden administration recently launched a rulemaking process that
has the potential to protect up to 112 million acres of mature and old-growth
trees and forests on federal lands from logging, but it will only become
reality if enough of us submit public comments to defend these forests.
Right now, climate advocates like us have a
once-in-a-generation
opportunity to call for permanent protections for federal
mature and old-growth forests from logging.
We need to work together and be LOUDER than
the logging industry to ensure these trees and forests are safeguarded for
future generations, not sold and cut for profit:
Please
join us in speaking out before the public comment period ends on June 20.
SUBMIT A COMMENT
Thank you for adding your voice,
Team 350
