DESCRIPTION: Letter opposing H.R.7695 which would strip vital protections from 45 million acres of wild forests on our public lands by invalidating the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
TO: Chair Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse and members of the Federal Lands Subcommittee
FROM: 350 Deschutes; 350 Eugene; 350 Rutland County; 350 Salem Oregon; 350 Seattle; 350PDX; Active San Gabriel Valley; Advocates for Snake Preservation; Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association; Alaska Wilderness League Action; American Bird Conservancy; American Sustainable Business Council; Amigos de los Rios; Anza Trail Foundation; Arizona Mountain Mamas; Asian Pacific Islander Forward Movement; Bark; Bird Alliance of Oregon; Bird Alliance of Southwestern New Mexico; Californians for Western Wilderness; CalWild; Cascade Forest Conservancy; Cascadia Climate Action Now; Cascadia Wildlands; Center for Biological Diversity; Central Oregon LandWatch; Cherokee Concerned Citizens; Climate Communications Coalition; Coast Range Association; COFEM- Consejo de Federaciones Mexicanas; Conservation Federation of Missouri; Conservation Northwest; Coosa River Basin Initiative; Defenders of Wildlife; Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance; Earth Neighborhood Productions; Earthjustice Action; Earthworks; Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition; Endangered Species Coalition; Environment America; Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC); Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, & Ecology (FUSEE); Forests Forever; Friends of Bell Smith Springs; Friends Of Douglas-Fir National Monument; Friends of Nevada Wilderness; Friends of the Inyo; Gallatin Wildlife Association; Georgia Interfaith Power and Light; Georgia WAND Education Fund, Inc.; Georgia Wildlife Federation; Gila Resources Information Project; Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance; GooseWorks Consulting, LLC; Grand Canyon Trust; Great Old Broads for Wilderness; Greater Hells Canyon Council; Greater Yellowstone Coalition; Heart of the Gila; High Country Conservation Advocates; Hoonah Indian Association; Hydaburg Cooperative Association; Interfaith Earthkeepers; Kachemak Bay Watershed Council; Kentucky Heartwood; Ketchikan Indian Community; Kettle Range Conservation Group; Kitsap Environmental Coalition; Kittitas Audubon Society; KS Connectivity; Latino Outdoors; League of Conservation Voters; Legal Rights for the Salish Sea; Los Padres ForestWatch; Lower San Pedro Watershed Alliance; Lynnhaven River NOW (LRNow); Malach Consulting; Massachusetts Forest Watch; MCAT – Mobilizing Climate Action Together; Mining Impact Coalition of Wisconsin; Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center; Mountain Mamas; MountainTrue; National Parks Conservation Association; National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance; Native Organizers Alliance; Natural Resources Defense Council; Nature for All; New Hampshire Audubon; New Mexico Wild; New Mexico Wildlife Federation; North Cascades Conservation Council; Northcoast Environmental Center; Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness; Ogeechee Riverkeeper; Old-Growth Forest Network; Olympic Climate Action; Oregon Unitarian Universalist Voices for Justice; Oregon Wild; Organized Village of Kake; Organized Village of Kasaan; Organized Village of Saxman; Pacific Crest Trail Association; Park County Environmental Council; Partnership for Policy Integrity; Patagonia; Patagonia Area Resource Alliance; PEER; Pilchuck Audubon Society; Quiet Use Coalition; Resource Renewal Institute; RESTORE: The North Woods; Rivers Without Borders; Rock Creek Alliance; Rockbridge Conservation; Rocky Mountain Wild; SAFE Alternatives for our Forest Environment; San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council; Save Our Cabinets; Save Our Canyons; Science for Georgia; Seven Generations Innovation; Sierra Club; Sierra Forest Legacy; Sky Island Alliance; Snowlands Network; Soda Mountain Wilderness Council; Southeast Alaska Conservation Council; Southern Environmental Law Center; Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance; Standing Trees; The Boat Company; The Center for Responsible Forestry; The Fire Restoration Group; The Organized Village of Kasaan; The Wilderness Society; Three Rivers Waterkeeper; Tree Action Seattle; Trees as a Public Good; Tuleyome; Umpqua Natural Leadership Science Hub; Umpqua Watersheds; Upper Gila Watershed Alliance; Uranium Watch; Virginia Wilderness Committee; Washington Wild; Washington Wildlife First; Wendell State Forest Alliance; West Virginia Rivers Coalition; Western Slope Conservation Center; WI Mining Impact Coalition; Wild Connections; Wild Hope; Wild Montana; Wilderness Workshop; Wildflower grp; Willamette Riverkeeper; Williams Community Forest Project; Winter Wildlands Alliance; Wisconsin Forest Conservation Task Force; Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN); Wyoming Outdoor Council; Wyoming Wilderness Association; Wyoming Wildlife Advocates; Yaak Valley Forest Council
DATE: May 20, 2026
TAGS: public lands, wildfire, national forests, forest service, wildfire
