The “Fix Our Forests Act” won’t actually fix our forests The Fix Our Forests Act could have devastating consequences for the environment and endangered species. January 22, 2025 – Environment America This bill proposes to exempt a sweeping range of “vegetation management activities” (aka logging) from environmental review on millions of acres of federal land, leaving forests at risk from reckless logging projects. Not only can inappropriate logging destroy habitats and ecosystems, but it can also increase the risk of wildfires by increasing direct sunlight to the forest floor, accelerating wind speeds and leaving behind combustible dead surface vegetation that fuels flames. The Fix Our Forests Act seeks to prevent citizens from holding federal agencies accountable by limiting their ability to file lawsuits that would undergo review by a judge. (emphasis added)
Tell your U.S. Senators: Vote “no” on the “Fix Our Forests” Act
My letter to reps:
Vote no on that dishonest “fix our forests act”. Agencies always need to be accountable to citizens with access to reviews by a judge, it’s unAmerican to introduce tricky laws to circumvent lawful oversight. I am against exemptions to “vegetation management activities” because we all know that will mean reckless logging. Here in Pennsylvania Gifford Pinchot is revered for undoing the egregious harms of his logging tycoon grandpa. We like our trees on the public lands, the parks, the forests, the game lands, and the national forests. They belong to us.