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In a massive giveaway to the timber industry, members of Congress are poised to pass legislation that would boost logging in national forests while gutting protections for Canada lynx, spotted owls, and more than 100 other imperiled species that depend on forests for survival. The so-called Fix Our Forests Act would lead to more calamitous clearcuts, more habitat-fragmenting roads, and worse water quality. And although it's touted as a wildfire-management measure, it would do nothing to prevent catastrophic wildfires or give people critical funding and resources to safeguard their homes from those fires. Instead it would weaken environmental laws, silence impacted communities, and hinder courts' ability to block harmful logging projects. The window is closing to stop it. Urge your senators to protect our nation's forests and reject this deeply cynical, reckless bill. [Image description: A forest that is partially clearcut with many felled trees and a large stump in the foreground....

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