Tell the BLM to let forests grow!

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Tell the BLM to let forests grow!

Old forests on federal lands capture and store vast amounts of carbon pollution and should be a cornerstone of U.S. climate policy. But right now, at least 370,000 acres of these forests are currently slated to be logged.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently taking public comments on this issue until June 20, giving climate advocates a once-in-a-generation opportunity to call for permanent protections for federal mature and old-growth forests from logging.

Will you join us in urging the BLM to permanently protect federal mature and old-growth forests from logging? Submit your public comment now to tell the BLM it's time to let the forests grow.

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BLM Docket Number: LLHQ230000.23X.L117000000.PN0000

Dear Secretary Haaland,

Thank you for requesting public input on how the Bureau of Land Management should foster ecosystem resilience and climate resilience on federal forest lands. To meet President Biden’s goals for tackling the climate crisis, it is imperative that your agency prioritizes the protection of mature and old-growth forests and trees.

As your agency has identified, older forests and trees are crucial for addressing the climate crisis. These trees store the vast majority of the above ground carbon in a forest. In addition, older forests and trees are far more adaptable to the impacts of climate change, especially compared to industrial tree plantations. Nationally, carbon losses from clearcuts and other logging are up to 5 times higher than emissions from fire and other natural forest disturbances combined. Logging older forests and trees grossly undercuts these benefits.

We urge you to include in any future administrative rules an end to ecologically harmful logging of mature and old growth forests and trees on federal land. While there are certainly other threats to our older forests, including wildfire and drought, the threat of logging is fully under your control and can be quickly acted on.

We ask you to act quickly to protect mature forests and trees both for their current important values and so they can grow to become old growth and continue their work to help mitigate the climate crisis, contribute to healthy watersheds and provide ecosystem resilience. These forests are worth more standing.

Sincerely,

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