Tell the Senate: Reject the Big, Bad Budget Bill

We have some good news to celebrate: the provision to sell off 500,000 acres of our public lands in Utah and Nevada has been stripped from the House-passed budget bill in Congress. This is a victory for everyone who raised their voice, and for public lands supporters across the political spectrum. Thank you for taking action and showing that our lands are not for sale.

But let’s be clear: this bill is still one of the worst attacks on America’s environment ever to pass the House.

You have probably heard about the bill’s dangerous cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, targeting of vulnerable communities, and giveaways to the ultra-wealthy—all while increasing the national debt by nearly $4 trillion.  But it also includes shameful anti-environmental provisions that would devastate our forests.

Among the worst:

• “Pay to Play” Logging: Lets corporations pay to sidestep the National Environmental Policy Act, shielding projects like timber sales from environmental review or legal challenge. 
• A 25% Logging Mandate: Forces the Forest Service and BLM to dramatically increase logging, ignoring climate impacts, clean water protections, or wildfire risks. 
• Roadless Area Rollbacks: Creates a loophole that would open beloved roadless areas up to logging. Places like the Columbia River Gorge, Hardesty Mountain, the Metolius River, and the Wallowas would be at risk. 
• 20-Year Logging Contracts: Requires locked-in long-term logging contracts across national forests that could damage vulnerable ecosystems.

These provisions amount to a massive, unprecedented attack on federal forests—and they must be stopped in the Senate.