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We want to protect our public lands and support those who work for public land agencies across the Pacific Northwest

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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 23/06/2026
Renewables on the rise! We need to keep pushing toward the cleaner, cheaper energy that will power our future.
Renewable energy win: renewables generated more electricity than fossil gas did in March. Cheaper, cleaner energy is a win for our health, planet, and future.
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Trump administration issues third mandate forcing Washington’s last coal plant to stay open longer, despite not running
The coal plant has produced no electric power in the previous ‘emergency’ periods the Department of Energy claimed it was needed.
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project www.kuow.org/stories/lawm...
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Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project
A group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees, sent letters Monday to the National Science Foundation asking it to reverse course on its plan to dismant...
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
If you haven't seen this awesome piece by Nick Offerman yet be sure to check it out. Be warned though he does make several crude jokes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Wv...
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Nick Offerman Is Sounding the Alarm: America’s National Parks Are Under Attack | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
“Senator Wyden’s National Prescribed Fire Act is a must-pass bill for the sake of our communities and forests." Tim Ingalsbee says, "Proactive prescribed burning beats reactive wildfire fighting any day!” Read more: www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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As Wildfire Season Approaches, Wyden, Budd, Schrier and Valadao Unveil Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Impacts of Wildfires | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
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Mark Pickens @airshipwriter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This is why we call: Also on the chopping block: US Forest Service monitoring and research of our vast public lands and forests. Call your Senators -so many reasons to preserve this agency’s function. Noted some in this #resistbot petition below: Click, sign, share resist.bot/petitions/PG...
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Budget: Oppose Cuts to US Forest Service, Research, and Grants
Text SIGN PGLMJS to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
As many of you heard by now the Senate is proposing the sale of millions of acres of public lands. Make your voice heard and Join us Saturday, June 28th from 1pm to 3pm at the Olympic National Forest Headquarters 1835 Black Lake Blvd SW, Olympia, WA 98512
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
June 21st is Washington Trails Days. Be sure to get out there and enjoy some hiking on our public lands. www.wta.org/get-involved...
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Washington Trails Day
Washington Trails Day — our state's official holiday to recognize the importance of our public lands — is a day for hikers to take action to support trails.
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Our Public Lands Podcast @ourpubliclands.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Keep calling your senators and tell them no land sales! Better yet, tell them to drop all of the #publiclands provisions. Don’t let the land grabbers getaway with this! What a corrupt shitshow… wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 16/05/2025
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum is doing a tour of public lands....while actively gutting them and planning to fire their staff. Did he really think he could get away with that? Yikes. Some parks fans at Olympic didn't let him get off easy! ⬇️⬇️
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Our Public Lands Podcast @ourpubliclands.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
House Republicans Propose Millions In Cuts To National Park Service Budget www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/05/hous...
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House Republicans Propose Millions In Cuts To National Park Service Budget
More than $100 million would be stripped from the National Park Service under a budget proposal passed by Republicans in the House Natural Resources Committee, which also wants to green-light a 211-mi...
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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 25/04/2025
“…the simple truth is that the pipeline corridor will actually be a permanent road through National Forest lands despite the fact that these public lands have been classified and protected as federal Inventoried Roadless Areas.”
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Rally with in a rally! If you are going to the April 19th Rally in downtown Portland and want to show support for public lands meet at Edith Green Federal building around 11:30am. Then we will move to the main rally at Pioneer Square before 12! Be sure to bring a sign supporting public lands.
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NFFE Local 34 @nffe-local34.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
“It’s not over yet. There’s going to be more challenges,” she said. “Like I tell my members—you know, buckle up, put the bite stick in—because it’s still going to get bumpy. But don’t lose hope. Keep that energy up.”
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Okanogan-Wenatchee Forest Service employees return to work after mass terminations
Okanogan-Wenatchee U.S. Forest Service employees returned to work on March 24 after being laid off on Valentine's Day.
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sage-and-fern.bsky.social @sage-and-fern.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Protect our Parks and Protect Public Lands peaceful protest on Thursday April 17 at 4:30pm #handsoff #protectourparks #protectpublicland #rallyforrangers #nature #trees #mountains #nps
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The next resistance rangers nation wide event is going to be April 22nd (earth day). If you are in the Portland area and would like to help out on a Portland area event send me a message!
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National Parks Traveler @parkstraveler.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Did you hear? The U.S. Senate is OK with selling federal lands to cover the president’s economic plans. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/04/sena...
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Senate, By Slim Margin, Open To Selling Public Lands
The U.S. Senate, by a three-vote margin, is fine with public lands being sold off to reduce the federal government, according to conservation groups.
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
"According to the US Forest Service, National Forests are the largest source of municipal water supply in the nation, serving over 60 million people in 3,400 communities across 33 states." bsky.app/profile/amer...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 01/04/2025
BREAKING NEWS: A new species has just been confirmed after a U.S. Forest Service trail camera captured these new (very real, totally legitimate) photos. Meet the newest North American mammal species: #Bigfoot. P.S. Happy April Fools'! 😆 📷: Wayne National Forest, U.S. Forest Service
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
If your in the Vancouver, Washington area there will be a Rally for Science and the Environment this Saturday at Esther Short Park.
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Staci 💁🏻‍♀️ @staciwuzhere.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Hear from a former Tahoe National Forest employee about the dangerous impact of the DOGE cuts. youtube.com/shorts/12Lr3...
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Hear from a former Tahoe National Forest employee about the dangerous impact of the DOGE cuts.
YouTube video by Nevada County Democrats
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northstarstate.bsky.social @northstarstate.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
@popl-pnw.bsky.social This is a good conversation about public lands that everyone should watch. We need to give this issue all the attention it deserves. www.youtube.com/live/O6Bch6v...
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American Conversations: Wes Siler and America's Public Lands
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Rally for our National Parks this Saturday!
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Lets go!. The next nation wide rally for our National Parks is this Saturday, March 22. tinyurl.com/ye437v3j Here is a list of the rally locations. Be sure to check back regularly as it gets update. (Continued in comments)
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Public locations for 3/22 Rally & Teach-In
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 17/03/2025
You ready for round two?! Protect the Parks Protest is back! This Saturday, March 22—show up to support your closest national park site. Can we get someone at all 433 NPS units?? 🏔️🌵🏕️
Light green background with red text reads “March 22 rally and learn. To protect National parks.  Saturday at noon at a National park near you.” Three geometric blue birds surround the text. Light green background with read text that reads “Ranger fact: irruption birds, like these redpolls, are birds that move unpredictably. As needed, they will gather in large flocks and work together.” Two blue geometric birds frame the text, one above and one below.
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Awesome job out there today! Here are some photos from the rally. #protectourpubliclands
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Looks like we might be getting some rain but we got this PNW. Hope to see you all out there today!
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This could be a big problem for many of our volunteer organizations in the PNW such as the Washington Trails Association, Trail Keepers of Oregon, ETC. bsky.app/profile/adnr...
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KOIN 6 News @koin6.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Roughly 260 Forest Service jobs were cut by DOGE in Washington and Oregon, according to lawmakers. #dodge #oregon #washington #wildfires
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DOGE cuts 'devastating' WA USFS stations, lawmakers say
Amid efforts by the Trump administration to purge the federal workforce, a group of Democratic lawmakers in Washington state are voicing concerns that recent firings are “devastating” a…
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If you live in the Central Washington or even Western Washington areas here is another opportunity for you to help #protectourpubliclands bsky.app/profile/nffe...
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NFFE Local 34 @nffe-local34.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
“Enumclaw’s Forest Service office will be closing, and three staff members have already been fired, as a part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s myriad funding cuts across the federal government.”
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Mount Baker-Snoqualmie forest trail maintenance team decimated in February purge; local Forest Service office closing | Courier-Herald
Former rangers Alex Ross and Cameron Schmodt say trail clearing, bathroom pumping, and trash collecting efforts will now be extremely limited inside the nearby national forest.
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
@nffe-local34.bsky.social We appreciate the work you all do!
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Updated poster!
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/03/2025
Ray is a 10 year U.S. Forest Service veteran at the Methow Valley Ranger District who was recently promoted to permanent staff. Elon fired him for no reason. Unjustified layoffs like Ray's will end in closed trails, unprotected lands, and less people to help in emergencies.
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NH White Mountains Enthusiast @mooserun49.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Keep pushing back against this! “So far, wildfire research has been paused, and funds…are in limbo. Meanwhile, mass firings have hit…employers such as the U.S. Forest Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…” www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Oregon Democrats walk out as Trump says ‘America is back’ in joint address
U.S. Reps. Maxine Dexter and Andrea Salinas were among the Oregon Democrats who walked out during President Donald Trump's speech.
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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 27/02/2025
Here's what you need to know about Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Land Management, oil and gas advocate Kathleen Sgamma. 1) She's a climate skeptic. 2) She wants to deregulate the oil and gas industry. 3) And she wants to cut the public out of #publiclands.
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Trump’s pick to run the BLM can’t be trusted. Here’s why
Kathleen Sgamma has consistently twisted the facts to serve the oil and gas industry at the expense of the environment and the American…
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 27/02/2025
If you’re looking for a protest near you, check out this link: tinyurl.com/ProtectParks...
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Public locations for 3/1 protest
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Be sure to spread the word about this rally.
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Protect Our Public Lands - PNW @popl-pnw.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Rally to protect our public lands. It will be March 15th starting at noon at the Edith Green federal building Portland, Oregon. WEAR GREEN!
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