On June 9th, the U.S. Forest Service announced that it would allow logging in wild portions of America's two largest national forests, the Tongass and the Chugach.  Under the plan, undeveloped, roadless areas in national forests across the country could also be opened to logging and road building.

The move threatens millions of acres of wild places held dear by Americans, including 300,000 acres of centuries-old trees in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, habitat for eagles, wolves and brown bear.

But even as the U.S.F.S. moves to gut the roadless area protection rule, a bipartisan group in the Congress has introduced legislation to codify it and to permanently protect over 58 million acres of spectacular roadless land across the country.

Please take action now and ask your Senators and Representative to co-sponsor the bill.