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Defend the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule in its entirety, stripping protection from 44.7 million acres of the wildest national forest land in the United States. The USDA published the proposed rescission rule Aug....
Tell the Senate Agriculture Committee to Remove Destructive Forestry Provisions from the 2026 Farm Bill
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is shaping Title VIII (Forestry) of the 2026 Farm Bill (Agricultural Act of 2026). The Committee failed to move the 2026 Farm Bill on 8/6/26 - but Senate Ag Committee Chairman Senator John Boozman has vowed...
BLM Moves to Frack Ohio’s Only National Forest
The Bureau of Land Management announced Friday that it will auction 41 oil and gas parcels totaling 2,840 acres in the Wayne National Forest on September 15. This lease sale would bring modern hydraulic fracturing to Ohio's only national forest for the first time,...
Stealth Attack on Roadless Rule Moves to Senate Floor
JUNE 10, 2026 UPDATE: The backroom ambush on our national forests has cleared its first hurdle. This morning, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 11–9 along strict party lines to pass the Wildfire Prevention Act (S. 140) and advance it to the full...
We Need Your Help to Make a Stand for Clean Water
[We will be updating this post regularly to reflect the current legislation status and how you can best stand for clean water.] 3 UPDATES 6/3/26: I removed "Urgently" from our post title as lobbyists & Congress were unable to pass legislation exempting aerial fire...
Speak up Now — the 2026 Farm Bill has Been Weaponized Against our Forests
The House Agriculture Committee is currently marking up the 2026 Farm Bill (H.R. 7567), and it contains a dangerous payload. Core provisions from the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA, H.R. 471/S. 1462) have been folded into this “must-pass” legislation, threatening to...