Fix Our Forests Act would destroy forests without protecting communities

Fix Our Forests Act would destroy forests without protecting communities

A small pond sits near the Twin Rock Trail in the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. (NPS staff/Peterson/Public domain)Forests are extremely valuable for watersheds, wildlife, carbon storage, recreation and so much more. The deceptively named Fix Our Forests Act, or FOFA, does nothing to conserve forests to retain these values. Instead, it would emphasize logging and otherwise manipulating forests at a scale we haven’t seen on public land…

Fix Our Forests Act Will Destroy Them - Sonoma Valley Sun

Dear Editor, I just visited the redwood country and wilderness forests that stretch from the cool coastal range to snow topped alpine ridges in the interior mountains in Northern California. Hiking through groves of redwoods adorned with bouquets of trillium and along clear rivers ringing with birdsong from tiny hidden warblers, I felt at times