Did you know that the United States has a total of 193 million acres of national forest? And about 45 million acres of that is at risk because of the Trump administration's plan to repeal the Roadless Rule! Those are some of the wildest parts of our public lands, and they could be opened up to development and logging if this repeal goes through. That's why we are asking you to submit a comment against this plan before the Friday 9/19 deadline!

Friend,

You've probably heard us talk about the Roadless Rule. In fact, you might be sick of hearing about it! But the thing is, we're making all of this noise for a good reason.

This policy protects nearly 60 million acres of national forest land across the country, including in your neck of the woods. Selling out the wildest parts of our national forests (the heart of our public lands!) will impact each of us across the country. It means giving up on beautifully serene places for us to spend time outside, safe places for wildlife to live and migrate, and clean water for our communities to drink.

We only have two days left until this comment period ends. Will you send in a comment to show just how overwhelmingly popular this policy currently is?

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Mike Dombeck was the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service in 2001 when the Roadless Rule was created. He has spoken about why they created the rule in the first place, and I think his words help underscore what is at risk:

In the 1980s, we lost about 1.4 million acres a year of open space, farmland, forest land, to development, from airports to shopping malls, you name it. By the 1990s, we were losing 3.2 million acres a year to development, and so the bottom line is we're losing this precious wild land, this backcountry land, to development.

We've got to protect what little we have.

Please send your comment in before it's too late!

Onward,

Alex Craven (he/him)
Forest Campaign Manager
Sierra Club

P.S. Right now, a generous donor will match every dollar you give to help us protect the Roadless Rule, up to $20,000! Make a gift right now to DOUBLE your power to protect our forests and all wild places.

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