Cascade Volcanoes • Entered by Barb Fox-Kilgore on October 31, 2022
Petition and comment Writing
October 25, 2022 – October 25, 2022
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 0.25 |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 0.25 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 0.5 |
Key Issue: Landscape Planning (Forest Plans, RMPs, TMPs, etc.)
Activity Type: Advocacy (rallies, lobbying, meeting decision makers, letters/calls/emails)
Key Partners: Healthy Forests Healthy Communities
Short Description of Activity
Petition and Comment
We need Congress to reform the federal forest management policies that are a key cause of the worsening wildfire seasons and deteriorating forest health. Some of the worst devastation has occurred on unhealthy federal forestlands, where wildfires have affected millions of Americans.
Eighty million acres of federal forestland are overstocked and facing serious threats from fires, insects and drought. Growth and mortality rates continue to far outpace fuels reduction and timber removals on our national forests. While we can’t completely prevent wildfires, science shows that active forest management and thinning helps reduce their size and severity. Congress must act without delay to accelerate thinning and forest management on federal lands.
Reflection/Evaluation
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