<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Dawn</div><div><br></div><div>Aye</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)<br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 4:05 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><br></div><div>Hi everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>This arrived in the church-lady’s email today, so she forwarded it to me. All in favor of the GSC signing onto this campaign to protect mature and old-growth trees and forests on federal land, please say “Aye.”</div><div><br></div><div>Feel free to send a letter individually to the BLM by June 20, and/or to the USFS by July 20. Reply to me with your vote by 9 p.m. Sunday, June 18. The FUUSM office will be closed on June 19 off, so I can get some stuff done that day. </div><div><br></div><div>—dawn</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:medium none;padding:0in"><b>From:<span> </span></b><a href="mailto:mhughes@environmentamerica.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Melinda Hughes</a><br><b>Sent:<span> </span></b>Tuesday, June 13, 2023 7:06 PM<br><b>To:<span> </span></b><a href="mailto:mhughes@environmentamerica.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Melinda Hughes</a><br><b>Subject:<span> </span></b>Climate Forests Campaign - Help Us Save Old Mature Forests</div></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hello! You may or may not have heard about our <a href="https://publicinterestnetwork-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2TKoE1ihJb3HD6DajUl3y2iRTMg8GDwEBCBzXxQWB60Oc8te4hwHkhj4R00q3hUfwZimTY8hKS9wTE1yAKizrst8BDv-SdzJyxXv8fVsm4uYyjMbq1-HClqSf8RMkZs4uQ5SsD4XwbG8d_y0ogtihq2rXMh1YYj_HJQu2s4HT-CLSn3Yb-ugcZNHdk0FTXpzTog" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Climate Forests Campaign</span></a> and the push for<span> </span><b><u>500,000 public comments</u></b> to convince the Biden administration to permanently protect mature and old-growth forests (50+ million acres) on federal lands. Both the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the US Forest Service announced that they are initiating rule-making processes and both have kicked off public comment periods to get public input on what they should do to protect our forests. <b>The comment period for BLM ends<span> </span><u><span style="color:red">June 20th</span></u>, and the comment period for the Forest was just extended until<span> </span><u><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">July 20th</span></u>. </b></span><span> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We do have a<span> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RLC1Tz4-CsTSC8tPqTZR8ea70VLG0vDqH6fjTlsAKuE/edit" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">toolkit</a><span> </span>with sample language with those that can write longer comments, and it also contains talking points, social media graphics, etc.</span></div><div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Is your organization participating, and if yes, please answer the following by emailing me back with answers or <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wydUKgTu7l1oP8bL67AlwFYH75OPxKUAz7aiXM45pxY/edit?usp=sharing" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">please fill out this form</a> so that we can track our efforts.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31)">Are you submitting an organizational comment to the Forest Service? to BLM?</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31)">Have you sent a request out to your constituents or partner groups, and if yes, about how many comments (individual or other organizational comments) do you estimate that will generate? Note that we'd love to see broad outreach to other sectors such as faith-based communities or jurisdictions, really anyone that cares about trees.<span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31)">Beyond asking for comments, how about have tried getting petition comments and if yes, how many?<span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">There are also some super easy things your organization could do as well, which is great for all organizations regardless of capacity. </div></div><div><ul style="margin-bottom:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sign (and share) the<span> </span><b><u>organizational sign-on letter</u></b><span> </span>which can be found<span> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-ZHrXbRAr1RO09OML0IqAAy0Wopj0mODuFAml9p6ixRTV3Q/viewform" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">here</a> that <span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">calls for protections for mature and old-growth trees and forests. The comment is addressed to both the BLM and Forest Service. <b>We will deliver it to the BLM on June 20 and the Forest Service on July 20</b>. The letter will close on July 19 (groups that sign on after the morning of 6/20 will not be included in the submission to BLM). This comment letter is led by Environment America, NRDC, Earthjustice, and Standing Trees.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">We also have<span> </span><b><u>our own petition</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> where folks can click just one</span><a href="https://www.climate-forests.org/take-action" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span>link</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span>to send a note to both the BLM and Forest Service. If nothing else, we'd love it if you sent our<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.climate-forests.org/take-action" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">petition link</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span>to your constituents as every comment helps. </span></li></ul></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This is a once-a-generation for us to really make a difference for forest protections at the federal level. Please do as many actions as your organizational capacity allows. </span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Please reply to me individually at  <a href="mailto:mhughes@environmentamerica.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">mhughes@environmentamerica.org</span></a>.</span></u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Also, if you're not the person to talk to about this, please feel free to pass me along to whoever is. I look forward to hearing from you and working with you to save our forests. </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Sincerely,</span></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Melinda</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">*********************************<br></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Melinda Hughes</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="mailto:mhughes@environmentamerica.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mhughes@environmentamerica.org</a><br>(360) 977-1509<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Connect with me on LinkedIn at <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-hughes-melp" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-hughes-melp</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Environment America is a national network of 30 state environmental groups. Our staff work together for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate. Our members across the United States put grassroots support behind our research and advocacy. Environment America is part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change. <u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Visit <a href="https://environmentamerica.org/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Environment America</a> and <a href="https://environmentamericacenter.org/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Environment America Research and Policy Center</a> on our websites.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div id="m_-1665898224854052585DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br><table style="border-top:1px solid rgb(211,212,222)"><tbody><tr><td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png" alt="" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;" width="46" height="29"></a></td><td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:rgb(65,66,78);font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sa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