protectparks.bsky.social profile picture

National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)

@protectparks.bsky.social

3461 Followers

63 Following

🏞️ Protecting America's national parks since 1919

  1. USFS recently opened a public comment period around a reckless proposal to eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, commonly known as the “Roadless Rule,” which could impact over 45M acres of national forestland.

    Learn more — and take action. www.npca.org/articles/104...

    NPCA supports continuation of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule to protect our nation’s forests — for national parks, wildlife, recreation and more.

    6 Reasons to Keep the 'Roadless Rule' in Place

    NPCA supports continuation of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule to protect our nation’s forests — for national parks, wildlife, recreation and more.

    2
  2. "This helps clear the way towards new consideration of the disastrous Ambler industrial mining road boondoggle, putting America’s largest national park landscape in the crosshairs.” -NPCA's Jim Adams

    "Revoking the plan eliminates important wildlife and landscape protections and helps clear the way towards new consideration of the disastrous Ambler industrial mining road boondoggle, putting…

    House Dismantles Central Yukon Plan, Jeopardizing America's Largest Park Landscape

    "Revoking the plan eliminates important wildlife and landscape protections and helps clear the way towards new consideration of the disastrous Ambler industrial mining road boondoggle, putting…

    1
  3. Hands off our public lands!

    Rescinding this rule would literally pave a pathway towards increased oil and gas leasing, industrial logging, and other harmful development on public lands. https://bit.ly/3Vs7uxK

    "This is nothing short of another brazen attempt to sell off America’s public lands, by opening up these forest lands for industrial logging, roadbuilding and other development” --  NPCA Associate Dir...

    Hands Off Public Lands: Parks Group Decries Proposed Rollback of Roadless Rule

    "This is nothing short of another brazen attempt to sell off America’s public lands, by opening up these forest lands for industrial logging, roadbuilding and other development” --  NPCA Associate Dir...

    0