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Take Action by August 26!

8/20/2019

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The Forest Service is considering major changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a law that ensures that the American people get to have a say about how public lands are managed. They are proposing to cut the public out of project planning. This means we’ll have no chance to speak up to protect our favorite trails, vistas or picnic areas from logging, road building, and even pipelines. 

“Under the new rule, the Forest Service will have nearly complete discretion to approve commercial logging projects, build new roads in areas that are important for nonmotorized recreation and wildlife, close roads that are important for public access, and even approve pipeline or utility rights of way, all without science-based review and public accountability,” says Sam Evans, attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center.

Make sure the Forest Service knows it's your right to weigh in by submitting a comment at OurForestsOurVoice.org. 
​The deadline for comments is Monday, August 26.

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