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Hi John,
The biggest threat to public lands we've seen is now much closer to reality, thanks to anti-wildlife forces in the Senate.
Some 3 million acres of public lands could be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Logging of forests could nearly double. More of Alaska could be drilled and paved.
This betrayal of the public and wildlife must be fought. The Center for Biological Diversity will do all we can to stop it. Please help with a gift now to the Future for the Wild Fund.
Plans for a mass sell-off of public lands had been dropped by the House.
But the reprieve for the wild didn't last long. Last week the Senate decided to move forward on the biggest liquidation of public lands in history.
Parts of 11 Western states could be put up for sale, all for trophy houses for the ultra-rich. Logging on federal lands would be increased by an unimaginable amount. Even the U.S. Forest Service thinks that idea makes no sense.
And in Alaska, new lease sales in vast swaths of the western part of the state would be required. Drilling would be allowed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It's a wholesale plan to destroy one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth and worsen the climate crisis.
This follows the Justice Department's claim that the president has the right to abolish national monuments. That would open up even more protected areas for extractive industries to mine and drill.
Make no mistake: The onslaught of attacks is escalating. We must be on constant vigil to safeguard the natural world we all cherish.
The Center is taking legal action nearly every four days to protect species and habitat. We won't slow down, but we do need you with us.
Because the forces we're up against are so ruthless, please start a monthly donation to sustain our defense of the natural world.
For the wild,
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