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Speak for the Ancient Trees!
April 25, 2024
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (Wyo.) recently introduced a bill that seeks to block the Biden Administration’s proposal to advance protections for old-growth forests. This bill is an attack on our climate-critical trees and forests and must not pass. Logging will continue to destroy our nation’s oldest trees.
The Biden administration's proposal, called the National Old Growth Amendment, will safeguard mature and old-growth trees across federal lands -- allowing them to continue to store carbon, provide clean water and support wildlife for centuries to come. Read more.
The Barrasso bill will do the opposite. By blocking the National Old Growth Amendment from going into effect, the bill will give the timber industry access to logging in our old-growth forests.
For the ecosystems they support, old-growth trees are gifts that keep on giving. For the timber industry, a tree's value grows until backhoes, bulldozers and saws cut it down.
We're counting on Environmental Action supporters like you to help save America's oldest trees and keep pristine wildlife habitats intact.
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