John,
Public lands across the United States are at risk: President Donald Trump and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency want to sell them off to private interests. But public lands are wonderfully wild, representing a rich heritage that must be conserved — not liquidated.
For generations nearly one-third of the United States has been federally managed as public lands to sustain our collective natural resources, wildlife habitat, and recreation. These majestic landscapes take many forms — including national monuments like Bears Ears in Utah; wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters of Minnesota; and national forests like the Pisgah in North Carolina. They’re home to black-footed ferrets, lesser prairie chickens, Hawaiian monk seals, and scores of other endangered species. And they’re integral to fighting climate change and extinction.
Public lands are a sacred heritage that shouldn’t be peddled to the highest bidder as plots for McMansions or to be destroyed by mining and logging — all for private profit (and tax breaks for Trump’s billionaire cronies).
It’s more important than ever to protect these precious places, and Congress can do it.
Urge your representative and senators to protect public lands and oppose any attempts to sell them off.
