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/petition/speak-for-the-trees?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-speak-for-the-trees' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Speak For The Trees group https://actionnetwork.org/groups/speak-for-the-trees-group https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/354/948/original/P7290619s.JPG Part of this grove is scheduled to be clear-cut under a U.S. Forest Service plan. These trees are 200-250 year old red-oaks in a grove of older growth trees in Tucker County West Virginia. Help save these trees. The Monongahela National Forest Service is planning to clear-cut 3,500 acres of older-growth trees in the Upper Cheat River watershed and that undercuts our hope for controlling flooding and maintaining our national forest for people and wildlife. The plan targets large and older trees. Those trees are necessary for carbon storage and critical habitat for forest wildlife and endangered species such as the Northern Long-Eared Bat. The clear-cutting of trees from the steep slopes here contributes to frequent flooding of communities and adds sediment to the rivers making them less suitable for species such as Brook Trout and Hellbenders. Please let the U.S. Forest Service know that this clear-cutting is not OK. Sign this petition telling the Service no to the Upper Cheat River Project proposal to clear-cut thousands of acres of these treasured older trees. Project details are available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58364 https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/speak-for-the-trees