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| Dear Friend, |
| For decades, you have helped Earthjustice wield the power of the law and public opinion to protect public lands from threats across the country. But all of that could be at stake if polluters and their Congressional allies get their way. One key tool for safeguarding public lands are land management plans. These plans decide what public lands get special protections, where recreational activities like hiking and camping can occur, and whether our public lands will be used for other activities like fossil fuel development and grazing. |
| Now, Congress is moving to use a lesser known and highly controversial tool called the Congressional Review Act to undo these critical land management plans that conserve our special places, allowing the Trump administration to decide the fate of those public lands instead. This includes places like Montana’s Powder River Basin, where an Earthjustice lawsuit led to the Bureau of Land Management ending new coal leasing in 2024. |
| Congress has never used the Congressional Review Act to meddle in public lands management before. If it succeeds here, it will throw away these plans and the stakeholder input and career civil servant expertise that went into crafting them. Your voice, and the voice of anyone else who has commented on a land management plan before, could be silenced. Since the Congressional Review Act prevents agencies from ever issuing rules that are “substantially the same,” rescinding these plans could have far reaching consequences for public lands across the country, as well as our climate, local ecosystems, and impacted communities. |
| Urge your members of Congress to oppose the use of the Congressional Review Act to undermine protections for our public lands. Send a letter today. |
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Sincerely,
Cameron Walkup
Associate Legislative Representative |
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