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JOIN US FOR AN INTRODUCTION WEBINAR
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The Resurgence:
North American Forest & Climate Movement
Convergence
Thursday, August 22nd - 4pm EDT
Good Evening Forest Protectors!
You are invited to Join Convergence Organizers on Thursday, August 22nd at 4pm EDT for a webinar to learn more about this vitally important gathering of grassroots leadership from across Turtle Island!
Meet and listen to the Indigenous and Front line community members as they present the different aspects of this gathering taking place in the Shawnee National Forest from Oct. 11-14, 2019, culminating on Indigenous People’s Day.
Learn how and why this is NOT just another conference and why you need to be there too.
And keep reading, below this invitation is an important action you can take immediately to ensure we will still have a voice in how our public lands, forests especially, will be used in the future.
Webinar presenters:
Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project – Paula Hood, Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project - BJ McManama, Indigenous Environmental Network and Tabitha Tripp, Shawnee Forest Defense! will present the history, who should attend, where to find more information, the proposed agenda, etc. Ruddy Turnstone and Steve Taylor, Global Justice Ecology Project, will be your guide to learning more and respond to your questions.
This webinar presentation will cover the Who, What, When, Where, and Why we need YOU to attend! Questions and Comments are Welcome!
You’ll learn how the Convergence was conceived, how and why this gathering is unique, the goals and planned outcomes, the process to register, why the Call for Participation is key to initiating the strategy sessions, and much more!
We know your time is valuable so this webinar is scheduled to take just under an hour – and we will be recording so you can view it again and share it with others who you think should attend as well.
Please sign up today and reserve your spot! See you soon!
Anne, Paula, BJ, Tabitha, Ruddy, and Steve
Learn more, find links to the Call for Participation, Registration, Media, Resources and more here: forestclimateconvergence.org
Follow us on social media for the latest information, news, and action alerts:
Twitter: @NAFCMC1 / Instagram: NAFCMC / Facebook: Forest Convergence
Not sure if you can make it to the Convergence in October but want to contribute to our work.
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US Forest Service MUST Continue to Consult With Public on ALL Projects!
This may be OUR LAST CHANCE to PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS from Corporate GREED!!
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is proposing to eliminate public participation and virtually abandon their legal and moral responsibility by significantly changing how it complies with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Adhering to these rules requires among other steps, to conduct environmental impact studies (EISs), allow for public review and must take into account not only scientific study of the possible impacts and threats but our approval or denial for proposed activities within public lands. These projects include logging, pipelines, and road building through 193 million acres of the last remaining wild places that belong to WE the PEOPLE!
We’re not being overly dramatic to get your attention! There are people currently serving in government (many of them still in an “acting” position and NOT approved by Congress!) who want to give the oil, gas, coal, forestry industries and other private projects, a free pass to carve up and giveaway the last remaining wild places in this country for their profit at our peril!
The USFS is claiming these rule changes are needed to save tax dollars on environmental impact studies and to increase efficiency within the agency. In truth these are a transparently obvious end run around the NEPA regulations put in place to protect against corporate harm and exploitation.
- This move is NOT to increase efficiency as they claim – it is THEFT of PUBLIC LANDS!
- This is NOT to better protect from wildfires and for pest management – it is a clear attempt to hand over control of our Public Lands and Forests to corporate control!
- None of these changes are in the BEST INTEREST of the public or the health or future for preserving these areas for the next Seven Generations.
- This brazen move does not follow the intent of the NEPA guidance established to preserve precious biodiversity, integrity and overall quality of health for our public grasslands and forests.
We are all facing the devastating affects from climate change. The recent reports are clear we have little time to waste. Our forests and grasslands need to be kept intact and healthy in order to sequester as much CO2 as possible as we move to eliminate extraction and use of fossil fuels. Allowing up to 4200 acres of logging, 7300 acres of timber removed under the guise of fire suppression, five miles of new roads, or allowing up to 640 acres for a new mine without an EIS or any consideration by the public and is absolutely counter to what is needed at this point in time.
Click HERE to read more of what these new "rules" changes will mean for public lands and if you're ready to add your comments.
CLICK HERE to go DIRECTLY to the COMMENTS or copy and paste this link into your browser search bar: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FS-2019-0010
PLEASE share this action alert with family, friends, social networks FAR and WIDE! Don’t wait. Use any part of or all of this message in your comments.
Thank you for reading, sharing, and acting on this request.
May you and your loved ones be well,
BJ McManama
IEN Save Our Roots Campaign
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