Protect Our Forests from Wildfire: Stop Trump’s Cuts to USFS

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Our national forests and the animals who live there are facing an escalating crisis — and it’s one we can stop if we act together. The Trump Administration has launched massive staff cuts at the U.S. Forest Service, eliminating the very crews who prevent wildfires, restore habitat, and keep our forests healthy. These cuts come at a terrible time, with wildfire seasons growing hotter and more destructive each year.

And leaders in the Senate are sounding the alarm. Senators Gallego, Merkley, Klobuchar, Heinrich, and others have publicly demanded answers from the administration, warning that the Forest Service cannot do its job with so many skilled workers gone. They’ve raised serious concerns that the acres treated for hazardous-fuel reduction — the work that prevents megafires — have plummeted this year because there simply aren’t enough staff left to do the job.

Even more troubling, the administration hasn’t offered any plan to protect wildlife or forest communities as these cuts take effect. They’ve simply said that the Forest Service has the staff they need.

Senators warn that the administration’s actions could unravel decades of progress in habitat restoration, endangered-species protection, and forest health — and leave countless human and animal communities in danger as dry forests go untreated and megafires become more likely.

That’s why we are demanding that the administration reverse these harmful cuts and restore full staffing and funding for the Forest Service. Without these workers, forests will burn hotter, habitats will degrade faster, and wildlife will suffer the consequences.

Please sign this petition — and share widely. Every signature builds public pressure and strengthens the voices of lawmakers fighting to protect our forests and the animals who rely on them.

Thank you for all that you do,

Mitch w/ Animal Commons