rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/usda-roadless-rule-comments-2?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-usda-roadless-rule-comments-2' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund https://actionnetwork.org/groups/native-organizers-alliance https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/default_facebook_images/000/022/886/original/NOA_ActionFundBanner2.png?1668645803 Nearly 45 million acres of public forests are under threat, if the U.S. Department of Agriculture gets its way. The federal agency houses the U.S. Forest Service, and its Secretary is trying to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule -- which has protected forests from environmental threats such as road construction and logging. Building roads and logging these forests will not only increase the risk of fires and climate change, but also violate Tribal sovereignty and destroy ancestral Native homelands and wildlife that are central to many Tribes’ traditional beliefs and cultural continuity. Many Tribes are opposing the USDA’s move to take away the Roadless Rule’s crucial protections without any Tribal consultation. Let’s hold the federal government accountable to its obligations to sovereign Tribal Nations and responsibilities to protect national forests from destruction. Click “START WRITING” to send a public comment to the USDA before September 21st’s deadline, demanding USDA Secretary Rollins keep the Roadless Rule in place and abide by his obligations to Tribes. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/usda-roadless-rule-comments-2