Sierra Club: Republicans Use Wildfire Bill to Advance Attack on Roadless National Forest Lands

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to advance legislation that would eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule after Republicans attached a last-minute amendment to the previously…

Trump Approves Toxic Mining on Doorstep of Boundary Waters

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump signed off on a controversial proposal to allow toxic sulfide mining in the watershed of one of the country’s most visited wilderness areas.Trump signed a Congressional Review Act Resolution overturning a…

U.S. Senate Disapproves Mining Ban in Boundary Waters

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate voted to approve a controversial proposal, backed by the Trump Administration, to allow toxic sulfide mining in the watershed of one of the country’s most visited wilderness areas.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Sources and new resources available in advance of fed statement on bulldozing public lands for roads

WHATThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expected to soon release a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for their plan to rescind the Roadless Area Conversation Rule.Enacted in 2001 with broad bipartisan support, the “Roadless Rule”…

Trump Administration Shuts Public Out of National Forest Projects, Wildlife Killings

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration today finalized rules to fast-track approval of logging, mining, drilling, road building and other projects in America’s national forests by eliminating decades-old public participation requirements for…