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Cut back clearcutting in California

Clearcutting and plantation forestry are damaging the forests of the Sierra Nevada and elsewhere in California. Help stop the ongoing destruction. Send a message to our state's three top elected officials: No More Clearcutting!

To read more, click here.

Send a message!

The Bush administration is still trying to open roadless forests to development– one state at a time. Send a letter to the U.S. Forest Service and tell them to keep wild forests intact and unroaded. Follow the link below to send your message:

http://www.roadless.org/action/Future/FF

Click here to read Wild at Heart, new report on Idaho's roadless forests

Fighting global warming begins at home!

The Forest Service has continued to log in Giant Sequoia National Monument, in spite of the fact that logging has been prohibited there. The monument would be managed by the National Park Service under the Act to Save America's Forests, which is soon to be re-introduced in Congress by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Atherton).
Click here to learn more.

forest news

Mt. Baldy wildfire sluggish as weather holds
(5/14/08)

Brazil environmental minister Marina Silva resigns
(5/14/08)

U.S. Forest Service plans California hiring round in July
(5/14/08)

Brazil activists fear death squads back
(5/13/08)

Fire burning in Angeles National Forest
(5/13/08)

Judge orders EPA to hurry on carbon monoxide
(5/8/08)

California developer to preserve 240,000 acres of wilderness
(5/8/08)

Scientist: Warming may be greatest threat to tropical species
(5/5/08)

Beetle-infested forests prompt campground closures in Rockies
(5/4/08)

Biofuels try to lighten carbon footprint
(5/4/08)

California braces for wildfire season
(5/4/08)

Californians urged to conserve water amid drought worries
(5/2/08)

Reserving the redwoods
(5/2/08)

All salmon fishing banned on West Coast
(5/2/08)

Scientists advise halt to biofuels
(5/1/08)

San Jacinto wilderness wildfire still at 700 acres
(5/1/08)

Enviros and hook-n-bullet set form unlikely alliance
(4/30/08)

Wildlife group calls for end of Mexican wolf removal policy
(4/30/08)

Gap founders negotiating with Pacific Lumber
(4/30/08)

White House blocked EPA studies, GAO reports
(4/30/08)

Judge orders federal government to decide polar bear listing
(4/29/08)

Battle against stubborn California wildfires enters fourth day
(4/29/08)

Wildfire burns near LA, 1,000 flee homes, fire comes near
(4/28/08)

Whistleblowing farmer killed in Brazil
(4/26/08)

Narwhales at more risk to Arctic warming than polar bears
(4/26/08)

Crisis faces the Andes as glaciers melt
(4/24/08)

Using chemicals to fight global warming may damage ozone layer
(4/24/08)

Greenhouse gases growing faster than ever, report says
(4/24/08)

Coal's comeback raises alarms
(4/24/08)

Pine beetle outbreaks turn forests into carbon source
(4/24/08)

EPA scientists complain about political pressure
(4/23/08)

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