[Green] Online vote, please: Climate Forests Campaign - Help Us Save Old Mature Forests

Thu Jun 15 20:32:13 CDT 2023

Aye

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 4:05 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

>
> Hi everyone,
>
> 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.”
>
> 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.
>
> —dawn
>
>
> *From: *Melinda Hughes <mhughes at environmentamerica.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, June 13, 2023 7:06 PM
> *To: *Melinda Hughes <mhughes at environmentamerica.org>
> *Subject: *Climate Forests Campaign - Help Us Save Old Mature Forests
>
>
> Hello! You may or may not have heard about our Climate Forests Campaign
> <https://publicinterestnetwork-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2TKoE1ihJb3HD6DajUl3y2iRTMg8GDwEBCBzXxQWB60Oc8te4hwHkhj4R00q3hUfwZimTY8hKS9wTE1yAKizrst8BDv-SdzJyxXv8fVsm4uYyjMbq1-HClqSf8RMkZs4uQ5SsD4XwbG8d_y0ogtihq2rXMh1YYj_HJQu2s4HT-CLSn3Yb-ugcZNHdk0FTXpzTog> and
> the push for *500,000 public comments* 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. *The comment period
> for BLM ends June 20th, and the comment period for the Forest was just
> extended until July 20th. * We do have a toolkit
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RLC1Tz4-CsTSC8tPqTZR8ea70VLG0vDqH6fjTlsAKuE/edit>
>  with sample language with those that can write longer comments, and it
> also contains talking points, social media graphics, etc.
>
> Is your organization participating, and if yes, please answer the
> following by emailing me back with answers or please fill out this form
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wydUKgTu7l1oP8bL67AlwFYH75OPxKUAz7aiXM45pxY/edit?usp=sharing> so
> that we can track our efforts.
> ·  Are you submitting an organizational comment to the Forest Service? to
> BLM?
> ·  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.
> ·  Beyond asking for comments, how about have tried getting petition
> comments and if yes, how many?
> There are also some super easy things your organization could do as
> well, which is great for all organizations regardless of capacity.
>
>    - Sign (and share) the *organizational sign-on letter* which can be
>    found here
>    <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-ZHrXbRAr1RO09OML0IqAAy0Wopj0mODuFAml9p6ixRTV3Q/viewform>
>     that calls for protections for mature and old-growth trees and
>    forests. The comment is addressed to both the BLM and Forest Service. *We
>    will deliver it to the BLM on June 20 and the Forest Service on July 20*.
>    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.
>    - We also have *our own petition* where folks can click just one link
>    <https://www.climate-forests.org/take-action> to send a note to both
>    the BLM and Forest Service. If nothing else, we'd love it if you sent our
>     petition link <https://www.climate-forests.org/take-action> to your
>    constituents as every comment helps.
>
> 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.
>
> *Please reply to me individually at  mhughes at environmentamerica.org
> <mhughes at environmentamerica.org>.* 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.
>
> Sincerely,
> Melinda
>
> *********************************
> Melinda Hughes
> mhughes at environmentamerica.org
> (360) 977-1509
> Connect with me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-hughes-melp
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