Hi John,
Although the sale of millions of acres of public lands was just defeated, Congress continues to push horrific attacks.
Millions of acres could still be opened up for drilling, mining and logging. We must remain vigilant to keep these lands — and the species who depend on them — safe from destructive industries.
Please help today with a gift to the Center's Wildlife and Wild Places Defense Fund.
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Threats to public lands and the wild are coming from all sides.
Senator Mike Lee of Utah failed this weekend in his quest to liquidate public lands for speculative development. But he has vowed to try again — and others are clamoring to industrialize these spectacular places.
As of this writing, the bill pending in Congress would still be one of the worst assaults on public lands we've ever seen. Tens of millions of acres of forests, deserts, prairies and other lands could be opened to extractive big business.
Lease sales for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuges would be required.
Meanwhile the secretary of agriculture just called the Roadless Rule blocking logging in national forests "outdated." Tearing down its landmark protections could open up logging in old-growth forests. If anything is outdated, it's thinking that cutting down old-growth trees — which are life-giving drivers of biodiversity — makes any sense.
The anti-wildlife forces in Washington are doing all they can to transform public lands into assets for greedy corporations. But their attacks are unpopular. These are battles we can win, as we saw just days ago.
But we can't let up. We're not giving an inch as new threats and attacks arise. Public lands and the species who live there must be protected.
Please help now with a gift to the Wildlife and Wild Places Defense Fund.
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For the wild,
Kierán Suckling
Executive Director
Center for Biological Diversity
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