Many of our members have taken action with the Hoosier Chapter to protect Indiana forests whether it be urban, state or national forests. We work hard to defend our public lands and we are asking for your help!
The Chapter Conservation Committee has been following the USFS Buffalo Springs Restoration Project at every step and we oppose it. This enormous project proposed by the USFS will allow logging and burning in the Hoosier National Forest for 25 years if it is approved. Please speak up and let the USFS know that we need our trees to help stabilize our climate and that we can’t afford to burn 15,000 acres of forest that will make things worse. These public lands should be protected for us and for future generations to enjoy beautiful hikes in the woods, and not be burned and clear cut by the USFS.
If you responded to the December 2022 public comment period regarding the USFS Buffalo Springs Restoration Project, it is now time to follow up with your continued and predetermined objection comment now via this project page https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=60940. These comments are due this Sunday, October 27.
Even if you didn’t send comments previously you can still voice your opposition to the US Forest Service’s style of management which includes logging, using herbicide and prescribed fire over a course of 25 years in the Patoka Lake Reservoir watershed of the Hoosier National Forest. Let’s keep our forest standing in Indiana! You can comment here: Buffalo Springs Restoration Project #60940
Julie Lowe
Conservation Committee Chair