Tell Congress: Keep Polluters' Hands off Public Lands.

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Our country's public lands are under unprecedented attacks from an unelected billionaire and the Trump administration. And the threat is serious: almost one-third of the United States is federal public land. From iconic places like Yosemite National Park to small cultural monuments like Casa Grande Ruins in Arizona, these places preserve culture, ecosystems, wildlife, educate visitors, and generate billions for local economies each year.

The American public wants public lands to be conserved, not opened up to the highest corporate polluter's bid. The American public wants services like the National Park Service, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management to be funded, not dismantled.

These attacks on public lands from Trump are attacks on families on vacation, tourists exploring the beauty of the country, wildlife living in preserved habitats, and federal workers who steward these places for future generations. Our lands, wildlife, visitors, and workers deserve better.

This Earth Month, tell Congress to defend our national parks, monuments, forests, wildlife refuges, and all other public lands from the Trump administration's attacks. Sign your name today.

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Restore our National Park Service and Land Management Staff Now!

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I value America’s unique and precious public lands for what they mean to me, and what they protect. The staff who steward those lands make America’s parks, monuments, and refuges an extraordinary and invaluable resource. I ask that you call on Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to stop slashing their workforce and reverse harmful staffing policies that impact land management and environmental protection. These staff are the heartbeat of public lands, national parks, national monuments, national forests, wildlife refuges, and the health of our air, water, and communities. They are essential to the special places that millions of Americans visit every year. Those visitors drive local economies and support hundreds of thousands of jobs. From guiding hikes to backcountry rescues, trail maintenance to cleaning toilets, protecting endangered species, or helping green nature-deprived communities, staff are already being asked to do more with less. Any further cuts to staffing could forever change our national parks, public lands, and communities. The recent moves by the administration are nothing short of devastating. In addition to leaving thousands of people without a paycheck, these layoffs will also hinder the implementation of key programs, impact visitor safety, stifle effective public land management, and result in the loss of critical institutional knowledge throughout our government. Our communities and our economies rely on protected public lands and environmental protections. As your constituent, I want you to do everything in your power to protect the National Park Service, Forest Service and other land management, from these egregious staffing cuts.

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Photo of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Danielle Brigida, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service