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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 13h

"To understand how environmental movements bridge radically different worldviews — from Indigenous understandings of territory to the language of constitutional law, science, and public policy — I spoke with David Fajardo Torres, an environmental activist..." buff.ly/M72PzWB

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We Are Water: Metaphor As a Tool for Environmental Policies Communication • The Revelator

Environmental lawyer David Fajardo Torres argues that stories and shared values are essential for defending nature.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 18h

“'I am using my full executive authority to protect the waters and wildlife of the Boundary Waters and to ensure the outfitters, small businesses, and communities that depend on it continue to thrive for generations to come[.]'" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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Walz executive order moves to block copper mining near the Boundary Waters

Four months after Congress reversed a ban on mining over about 350 square miles in the watershed of the northeastern Minnesota wilderness, Gov. Tim Walz has issued a state executive order to block…

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"The international trade in fish maw, which can come from many fish species, is responsible for the bycatch deaths of countless other marine organisms, including the vaquita, one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals, whose population currently numbers fewer than 10." buff.ly/7pV06Nv

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Fish Maw: An Emerging Ocean Conservation Nightmare • The Revelator

Like the early days of the shark fin trade, the mostly unregulated market for dried fish swim bladders has exploded in popularity, devastating species around the world.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Forest area matters for more than timber, biodiversity, and carbon storage. In the U.S., which ranks fourth globally, forests also play an outsized role in the country’s water supply." "Overall, forests generate about 46% of the surface water supply in the contiguous U.S." buff.ly/dQ7hNxZ

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Ranked: The 15 Countries With the Most Forest

Nearly three-quarters of the world’s forests are concentrated in just 15 countries. See which countries dominate the ranking.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"'Before the roadless rule, we would build roads into areas and we would have money-losing timber sales that would cost taxpayers billions of dollars[.] If you repeal this, it's just going to add to an already $6 billion [U.S. Forest Service] road maintenance backlog.'" buff.ly/8tHRNQV

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Trump administration moves to open untouched national forests to logging

The end of "roadless rule" protections would open millions of acres of pristine forests to commercial use. Supporters say it will lead to better managed forests.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The Mother Jones investigation analyzed more than five million California pesticide records and found glyphosate use in the state’s forests reached approximately 266,000 pounds in 2023 — nearly five times the amount used two decades ago." buff.ly/SWnze7l

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US Forest Service is spraying glyphosate in California forests

Investigative journalist Nate Halverson reports that the US Forest Service and timber companies are using record amounts of glyphosate in California forests.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The proposed rule filed by the U.S. Forest Service would rescind ⁠the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which bans logging, roads and mining in undeveloped forests[.]" buff.ly/WxRGgnc

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Trump administration moves to rescind rule that protects millions of acres of national forest

The change would lift a 25-year-old ban on logging, roads and mining in undeveloped forests.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Roadless Area Conservation Rule should be kept in place so that Inventoried Roadless Areas can continue to provide the following benefits to the American public. buff.ly/xcKoj3g #ProtectRoadlessForests #ProtectWildForests #SaveRoadless

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Save the much-loved, protective Roadless Rule with your Comment!

Deadline for public comments is Oct. 5 so it is urgent that you send in your comment today!

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“'It would be a gross misreading of public sentiment to take the roadless rule away from Americans and our wildlife, and politicians do so at their jeopardy.'” buff.ly/Ivbg4eb

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Paraquat has been under scrutiny for the last few years due to mounting scientific evidence connecting chronic exposure to the herbicide to Parkinson’s disease and other health problems. It is one of the most widely used herbicides in the US..." buff.ly/hDuPdLs

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California phasing out herbicide linked to Parkinson’s disease

Pesticide manufacturers have voluntarily cancelled registrations for products containing paraquat in California — kickstarting a statewide phase-out of the controversial herbicide linked to…

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“'Climate change has increased the severity of the observed drought,' it said. 'Rainfall deficits that would not previously have caused drought now result in drought conditions.'” buff.ly/27Dc50U

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European Rivers Dwindle Amid Severe Drought - Inside Climate News

Water shortages threaten a Romanian nuclear plant, commercial traffic in Holland and drinking water in the foothills of the Italian Alps.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Data centers are being proposed near some of Pennsylvania’s most treasured natural spaces. They are planned on land next to state parks and nature preserves and near lakes, streams and rivers that are considered of 'exceptional value..." buff.ly/07o7zbV

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Coming to Some of Pennsylvania’s Most Picturesque Places: Data Centers - Inside Climate News

In the Pocono Mountains, residents fear planned data centers could ruin beloved landscapes and pristine waterways.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Clean Air Clubs and Mask Blocs – a mutual aid practice for sharing masks – are offering free masks and air purifiers from their 'lending libraries' to help their local communities stay safe from wildfire smoke and monitor air quality." buff.ly/cAovtxB

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How clean air clubs are protecting Americans from wildfire smoke

Mutual aid groups that started giving out PPEs during COVID are now loaning air purifiers and distributing masks to fume-addled communities

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“'Even if we didn’t build a new megawatt of renewables in this state for the next 10 years, we have the largest fleet of renewables in the U.S.,' Vegas said. 'It’s going to continue to operate.'” buff.ly/hu2AUfH

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As Solar and Batteries Dominate in Texas, Republican Lawmakers Consider Natural Gas Minimums - Inside Climate News

Renewables make up 70 percent of the state’s future electricity generation, outcompeting fossil fuels in the marketplace.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"'You had this great migration because of the drought and the heat that hit the center of the U.S. — just a cataclysmic event in U. S. history. If we’re exceeding records from The Dust Bowl, that says that we’re in deep trouble.'” buff.ly/egh0S4X

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Historically marginalized and lower-income people face physical, financial and other roadblocks that not only make it challenging to access the ocean, but also limit the benefits they get from it, according to the study." buff.ly/WVlydUd

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Who Gets to Enjoy California’s Coast? - Inside Climate News

A new study found key disparities in race, gender and class despite a legal right to access beaches and other coastal areas.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“'Today we are truly witnessing a historic event,' said Kazakh Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Yerlan Nyssanbayev in the statement. 'For the first time in over 70 years since tigers were wiped out in Kazakhstan, a tiger has been reintroduced to its historic range.'” buff.ly/OaAbD12

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Kazakhstan releases first tiger into the wild in 70 years

Kazakhstan has released its first tiger into the wild more than seven decades since the last confirmed sighting of the big cat in the country. On July 31, 2026, an adult female Amur tiger called…

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Tymstra and other experts say increased reliance on international sharing over the last couple of decades helped close the gap as fire seasons intensified. But increasingly, it’s also revealing that firefighting capacity has failed to keep pace with climate change." buff.ly/AzvUVOy

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Massive Wildfires Test the Limits of International Cooperation - Inside Climate News

Countries increasingly need each other’s assistance to fight fires. But as global warming amps up fire weather across continents, help is getting harder to find.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"A recent report from the nonprofit Waterkeeper Alliance found that 98% of waterways in the United States contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS." buff.ly/l1Uvjag

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Meet the Activist Fighting PFAS Pollution — and Winning • The Revelator

Emily Donovan wants to “make the polluters pay” for what they’ve done to her North Carolina community, and others around the country.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"[M]uch like human dialects and accents, wolf howls vary depending on where a wolf grows up. Research published a few years ago found that wolves around the world have at least 21 different types of regional howls." buff.ly/jZWXN3r

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Conserving Culture in Endangered Species • The Revelator

Could preserving the regional knowledge and behavior of certain species also help conservation efforts?

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Working Circle, a California-based nonprofit dedicated to helping ranches thrive alongside wolves, hosted a clinic in Del Norte, demonstrating techniques that could make herds less vulnerable to the canids." buff.ly/ifpYJxe

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Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist? - Inside Climate News

A small nonprofit with an innovative approach to predator-livestock conflicts is trying to ease Colorado ranchers’ concerns about wolves.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"A 'living fossil' also inhabits this landscape: the endemic Himalayan salamander (Tylototriton himalayanus), whose ancestors roamed the Earth with dinosaurs about 160 million years ago." buff.ly/gN4H8hN

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Tea and Salamanders • The Revelator

The hills of Darjeeling hold more than world-famous tea gardens. They’re also home to ancient Himalayan salamanders — and the people working to prevent them from disappearing.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“'[T]he record contains abundant evidence that the agency’s actions not only increased the risk of jeopardy to a threatened species, but also that those actions facilitated the unnecessary destruction of habitat and public resources.'” buff.ly/X9XbU3L

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Federal judge rules Forest Service violated law by allowing off-road events in coastal marten habitat

The coastal marten, a rare orange-furred carnivore native to the forests of Oregon and Northern California, was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2020 after losing much of its…

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Trump’s announcement has drawn widespread condemnation from conservation groups, scientists and Indigenous peoples who say allowing commercial fishing within the monuments would jeopardize some of the Pacific’s most ecologically significant places." buff.ly/gXVLHzD

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Trump Promotes Commercial Fishing in Protected Pacific Marine National Monuments - Inside Climate News

Scientists and other environmental advocates warn such activity would threaten coral reefs and other marine life.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The spring, located within Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, provides one of the only reliable bodies of water for about 100 miles in any direction, making it vital for wildlife in the area and for humans who have lived here for millennia." buff.ly/5FD6QZ9

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This desert oasis is a biological wonderland. Trump’s border wall threatens to destroy it

Environmental groups are sounding the alarm over plans that threaten a desert spring that’s home to rare fish and turtles and sacred to the O’odham people

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"What was once a confusing federal proposal is now starting to take a destructive physical form—and it’s doing so before the public, local businesses, or even members of Congress have received any detailed construction plans whatsoever." buff.ly/TmUCsj7

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The Bulldozers Have Arrived in Big Bend National Park

Contractors are grading roads and surveying the Rio Grande corridor even as lawmakers, outfitters, and residents plead for basic answers about a $1.7 billion border barrier project

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Following the 2015-2016 Super El Niño—which occurred alongside a major North Pacific marine heatwave called 'the Blob'—over $140 million in government relief was paid to impacted fishers, processors and dealers. Now, some economists are calling on Congress..." buff.ly/LJyDyPD

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This Year’s El Niño Could Spell Disaster for American Fishermen - Inside Climate News

Warming waters will severely disrupt food chains, leaving West Coast crews unable to catch commercial stocks, warn ocean advocates.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"DHS has also not yet responded to a series of formal inquiries by members of Congress about plans to blast Mariscal Mountain, which forms the distinctive bend in the river the park is named for. Current maps show a 'patrol road' cut along an existing hiking trail..." buff.ly/Xg5SEgk

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More questions than answers as contractors descend upon Big Bend National Park

Terlingua Tensions are high in South Brewster County as federal contractor Southwest Valley Construction, a subsidiary of Nebraska-based Kiewit, moved heavy equipment into Big Bend National Park on…

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Now the group is defending a towering cottonwood. Estimated to be more than 200 years old, it is the last of the huge old trees right on the border that some locals call the 'grandmothers'." buff.ly/XurOlqE

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Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tomorrow is the FINAL day to submit your public comment defending the Roadless Area Conservation Rule! Let’s make it impossible to ignore us. If you haven’t done it yet, it takes 1 minute. If you’ve already taken action, send this to somebody else! buff.ly/qNJn44b #ProtectRoadlessForests

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Save the much-loved, protective Roadless Rule with your Comment!

Deadline for public comments is Sept. 20 so it is urgent that you send in your comment today!

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Mount Auburn is an exceptional place, whose ecological methods and philosophy offer a valuable blueprint for other cemeteries. And in the 21st century, some of its forward-facing focus on a healthier planet seems to be taking hold." buff.ly/xD8qhX1

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Cemeteries: How the Dead Protect the Wild • The Revelator

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Within the broader grove of cottonwoods, the four behemoths stood out for the fact that their mighty boughs hung over the international border, as if extending a limb in a gesture of friendship to residents on both sides.” buff.ly/HaTyhZE

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"In Montana, where wildfire has always been part of the landscape, summer now includes days or even weeks when children are advised to stay indoors because the air outside is unhealthy." buff.ly/uzylxrD

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How Wildfire Smoke Is Reshaping Childhood - Inside Climate News

Smoky summers are becoming the new normal across the American West, forcing a generation of children to grow up indoors.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Once the detection is verified by experts, scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, upload the detections to an online whale tracker called Whale Safe... Officials can then radio boats to give them time to reroute or slow down and avoid a whale collision." buff.ly/eQ0V5sf

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Can Tech Keep Whales Safe From Deadly Vessel Strikes? - Inside Climate News

In San Francisco Bay, new AI-powered technology aims to help ships dodge whales whose long-haul migration is being disrupted by climate change.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Defend the undisturbed wildlands that provide safe habitat and migration corridors for wildlife. Submit a public comment now to tell Sec. Rollins: We won’t let you open up wild forests to industrialization and fragmentation by roads. #ProtectWildForests #SaveRoadless buff.ly/yGQvq8S

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Save the much-loved, protective Roadless Rule with your Comment!

Deadline for public comments is Sept. 20 so it is urgent that you send in your comment today!

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"The Okefenokee, the largest blackwater swamp in North America, is a vast wilderness and national wildlife refuge on the Georgia-Florida border. Its more than 400,000 acres—roughly five times the size of Atlanta—began forming hundreds of thousands of years ago..." buff.ly/SD4urnN

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Inside a Land Deal That Saved the Okefenokee - Inside Climate News

Faced with a looming mine on the edge of the Okefenokee, The Conservation Fund spent years negotiating and fundraising for a $60 million purchase few thought possible.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“'Krill play such a fundamental role in the ecosystem, not just for the top predators, but also for smaller predators[.] Almost everything down here feeds on them. And if they don’t feed directly on Antarctic krill, they’ll feed on something that does.'” buff.ly/lpaJnk0

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Small But Mighty: Why Antarctic Krill Are Worth Fighting For • The Revelator

Experts call for action to protect vast areas of the Southern Ocean and help safeguard the shrimp-like crustaceans at the base of the food web.

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Forests Forever @forestsforeverca.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s the 🚨 final week 🚨 to make sure we have as many voices as possible on the record, telling Sec. Rollins that we won’t let industry destroy our forests with disastrous roads! Act now. #ProtectRoadlessForests #ProtectWildForests #SaveRoadless buff.ly/7dtyXgs

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Save wild forests by taking action now!

Every American has a stake in this fight. We've saved the roadless rule before and we can do it again, but to do so we need your help.

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