This is it:
Our Chance to Save America's Largest Wild Forest

The Biden administration can restore protections to millions of acres of
Alaska's Tongass National Forest, closing it to the ravages of industrial
logging and clearcutting — but they need to hear from people like you.

Submit a public comment now to protect this iconic wildland and our
climate: Help NRDC reach our goal of 20,000 letters to drown out industry
opposition!

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Dear NRDC Activist,

Before leaving office, Trump stripped protections from 9 million acres of
Alaska's pristine Tongass National Forest in a blatant giveaway to logging
companies and other corporate interests.

More than a year later, the Tongass — the heart of the largest intact
temperate rainforest in the entire world — is still unprotected.

It's up to the Biden administration now to follow through on its promise
to undo Trump's damage and restore protections for these wildlands. As
they begin the mandatory rule-making process, administration officials
need to hear from as many people like you and me as possible — people who
care deeply about the Tongass, all cherished wildlands, and our climate.

The administration is seeking public input on this plan — but only until
January 24.

[ [link removed] ]Help NRDC drown out industry opposition by sending 20,000 public
comments calling on the Biden administration to restore protections for
Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Send your letter now >>

The Trump administration gutted protections for the Tongass by rolling
back something called the Roadless Rule, which protected these wildlands
from industrial logging by prohibiting companies from harvesting timber
and building roads through the forest.

Even as many other public lands have been invaded by industrial
development over the years, the Roadless Rule has kept the Tongass
virtually pristine.

The benefits are impossible to overstate. The Roadless Rule has:

* Helped preserve the traditional and cultural practices of the region's
Indigenous communities who have relied on these lands for millennia
* Protected millions of acres of irreplaceable old growth trees that
store more carbon per acre than almost any other forest on the planet,
making it an absolutely critical tool as we fight the climate crisis
* Preserved the habitats of wildlife species like the Alexander
Archipelago wolf, brown and black bears, salmon, and bald eagles
* Powered the local economy, which relies heavily on fishing and tourism

For these reasons and more, NRDC has been fighting for decades against
corporate interests to defend the Tongass. So, when the Trump
administration rolled back protections, we joined with Indigenous
communities and rushed to court to stop them.

But the fight isn't over. We must ensure that the
Biden administration feels the pressure from activists like you and
follows through on its promise to save the Tongass by reinstating the
Roadless Rule.

[ [link removed] ]You can help by submitting a public comment before the January 24
comment deadline. Help NRDC reach our goal of sending 20,000 letters in
defense of the Tongass.

Thank you for standing with us again and again and for fighting for the
Tongass.

Sincerely,

Garett Rose
Senior Policy Advocate, Nature, NRDC

Photo: Alamy

The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.

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