Urge your US House representative to defend forests from logging

From Environment Illinois

For almost 25 years, the Roadless Rule has protected millions of acres of wild forest from road construction, logging and mining.

These are the forests where more than 200 threatened and endangered species live, where ancient trees filter drinking water for millions of Americans and where the public can enjoy nature at its wildest.

Right now, the Forest Service is attempting to eradicate protections for these special places. If the protections are repealed, logging trucks and mining equipment could mow down the trees that make these forests so spectacular.

Our wild forests are too precious to leave unprotected. It's time for Congress to pass the Roadless Area Conservation Act and enshrine the Roadless Rule into law, permanently safeguarding these special places.

Go here to ask your US House Representative for the Roadless Area Conversation Act.