From a sign at the Nisqually Refuge...
330,000 call on BLM to protect our older forests
In response to a public comment period on a proposed Conservation and Landscape Health rule, more than 330,000 members of the public and supporters of environmental advocacy groups, including Environment America, called on the Bureau of Land Management to protect mature and old-growth trees and forests managed by the agency. “From the redwoods and Douglas …
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OCA calls for protection of older federal forests
Letters sent to BLM, USFS In response to calls for public comment in response to President Biden's Earth Day 2022 call to develop policies to protect America's older forests, OCA submitted comments to the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service. Here are our comments to the Forest Service from our perspective here on …
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OCA comments on older federal forests…you should too!!!
Comments due June 20 OCA just sent letters to the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management asking them to begin rule-making to protect the nation's climate-critical older forests from their #1 threat: logging. Older forests on federal lands capture and store vast amounts of carbon pollution and should be a cornerstone of U.S. …
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Support both our older forests and our timber economy
Kaylee Galloway, Whatcom County Council - Bellingham Herald, 4/12/23 Whether you are traversing trails surrounded by old growth trees or cheering in the stands of the Deming Logging Show, forests have long been at the core of our Whatcom County culture and economy.In recent months, residents across Whatcom County have turned to their state and …
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