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Congress nears passage of Fix Our Forests Act as environmentalists split

Environmental groups split over forest intervention strategy

1 Sep 10 · 13d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 1 of 3

The bill has divided the traditional Democratic coalition on conservation. The Nature Conservancy and allied groups support it to address the escalating wildfire crisis, while the Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity oppose it, fearing reduced environmental review will enable heavy logging masked as thinning.

“It's really handing the keys to the Trump administration to be able to push forward a lot of their timber agenda.”

Anna Medema

Rep. Bruce Westerman Sponsor (R-Ark.), former foresterRep. Scott Peters Co-sponsor (D-San Diego)Sen. Alex Padilla Co-introducer (D-Calif.), Senate versionSierra Club Environmental group opposing the billThe Nature Conservancy Environmental group supporting the bill

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