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We preserve California’s wild spaces to improve community and ecological health.
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This bill is being advertised as pro-renewable energy, but the details reveal a more sinister agenda:

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 rewrites four bedrock environmental laws so data centers and extractive industries can more easily steamroll public input. And without an uproar, it’s likely to pass.

The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), Clean Air and Water Act (CWA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) are all facing massive changes that weaken our right to have a say in decisions that affect us locally.

Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released this permitting reform bill together.

The vote is slated as the first of the November 9th “lame-duck” session, before newly elected senators are sworn in and get the chance to vote on it.

Call your senators today and tell them to oppose this bill.
Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121.   All it takes is saying “Please vote no on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act. Don’t weaken NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, or the National Historic Preservation Act.” It takes about two minutes.

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Join us for the 2026 National Public Lands Day at the Cottonwood Springs dispersed camping area.

The day's goal is to improve the dispersed camping area by picking up litter, improving recreational signage, and educating volunteers. A Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Archaeologist will also share more information about any artifacts found at Camp Young and their connection to the WWII historical site. Just in time for Veterans Day!

In addition to helping beautify our desert and learning more about this historic site, BLM will provide National Public Lands Day T-shirts and fee-free coupons to all volunteers. Drinks, snacks, and plenty of ice-cold water to refill your reusable water bottle or hydration pack will be available.

The meeting location is on the West side of Cottonwood Springs Rd (33°40'24.6"N 115°48'07.2"W)

Main point of Contact:
Noel Mollinedo, BLM Park Ranger
Cell: (760) 422-7831 Email: nmollinedo@blm.gov

Learn more by visiting our🔗in bio or https://chuckwallanpld2026.eventbrite.com
📸1 Colin Barrows

#CoachellaValley #HistoricSites #VeteransDay #CommunityCleanup #ProtectCAdeserts

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He’s at it again, friends. Mike Lee has convinced “pro-public lands” Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to team up Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and himself to co-author a bill that reduces public input, threatens public lands, and more by gutting four bedrock environmental laws.

It’s called the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (S. 5653) and it’s likely the biggest roll back of conservation law in decades. It guts the following:

🌲 NEPA: National Environmental Protection Act
💧 CWA: Clean Water Act
🦉 ESA: Endangered Species Act
📖 NHPA: National Historic Preservation Act

All in the name of fast tracking AI data center development, oil and gas drilling, large-scale logging, and mining.

Call your senators today and tell them to oppose this bill.
Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121.   All it takes is saying “Please vote no on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act. Don’t weaken NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, or the National Historic Preservation Act.” It takes about two minutes.

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Our public lands are on the ballot this November.

Decisions about them get made in Washington, Sacramento, and county offices. We get do decide who makes those decisions.

The voter registration deadline is October 19. Election Day is November 3.

Register, check your status, or find your county elections office at the link in our bio. 🔗

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Time and time again, Americans have supported the roadless rule.

Because undeveloped forests should be kept wild. Forever 🧌

#nationalforest #wilderness #roadlessrule #publicland #nationalparks

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I can still see my son walking along the rocky ridgeline of King Peak, high in California’s King Range Wilderness. Binoculars in hand, the Pacific disappearing beneath a blanket of marine clouds, the last light of the day lingering on the horizon.

We were midway through a three-day, 22-mile backpacking adventure. Along the way, the Pacific was our constant companion, revealing itself from different vantage points, morning, noon, and night. But something about this particular moment stayed with me.

The cool breeze as the light faded. The remarkable stillness. The warmth of the setting sun. The feeling of standing above the world, with nowhere else we needed to be.

Just a father and his son, finding a little peace and grace high above the sea.

Some photographs capture a place. Others bring you back to a feeling you didn’t realize you’d held onto.

This one does both.

#KingRangeWilderness #LostCoast #FatherAndSon #WhereTheLightLingers #LandscapePhotography VisitCalifornia

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At least 1.6 MILLION comments have been submitted in opposition to repealing the Roadless Rule. Center for Western Priorities (@western.priorities) found that 99.1% of comments opposed the repeal.

That total covers comments filed on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (which closed yesterday 10/6) as well as those sent to the Forest Service after it published its 2025 proposed rule. A different number will be reflected on the agency’s public comment site because the Forest Service changed how its online submission system works.

With comments from a mixed group across the political spectrum, over 1 million comments in opposition creates a clear picture: Americans want the USDA to keep the Roadless Rule and end their campaign to rescind it.

Will they listen? They may not. But if they don’t, a judge will see 1.6 million Americans expressed their desire to keep the Roadless Rule when the its repeal is inevitably challenged in court. That could spell R E V E R S A L for the USDA.

Thank you so much to everyone who submitted a comment, spread the word, and took action against this outrageous attack on 45 million acres of public land. History will remember you on the right side. 😤

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This week, Melanie Schlotterbeck was interviewed on KFI AM 640 about the Roadless Rule.

The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects lands, watersheds, hunting, fishing, hiking and biking trails throughout the nation. The federal administration wants to remove it.

This opens up more than 55M acres for new roads for logging, mining, and oil/gas exploration. In California, that number is around 4.4M acres threatened. Comment now!

Tuesday, October 6th is the last day to comment. Go to: Regulations.gov to have your voice heard.

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A new Senate bill is being sold as the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026”, but does something much more sinister. It rewrites four bedrock environmental laws so data centers and extractive industries can more easily steamroll public input.

The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), Clean Air and Water Act (CWA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) are all facing massive changes that weaken our right to have a say in decisions that affect us locally.

Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released this permitting reform bill together.

The bill would require Democratic votes, but no Senate Democrat has spoken out against the bill as of our publishing of this post. So we need to get in their ear, and tell them our communities should take priority over corporations.

Call your senators today and tell them to oppose this bill.
Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121.   All it takes is saying “Please vote no on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act. Don’t weaken NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, or the National Historic Preservation Act.” It takes about two minutes.

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It’s time to speak up for our National Forests.

Head to Calwild.org/roadless to make a personalized comment, the most powerful way to take action.

The deadline is October 6th.

If you want to learn more about the Roadless Rule and its many merits, check out the letter to the Trump Administration by @ben.a.goldfarb and @harvardeelp, available at the link in Ben’s bio. This letter, rigorously researched and cited, helped me understand the benefits of the Roadless Rule to ecosystems, water quality, and fire prevention. The facts referenced in this video are largely drawn from this letter, the USDA website, and the USFS website.

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A surprising number of people who are mad about the Roadless Rule want things it already protects, like access to public lands, clean water, and the ability to fight wildfires when needed.

We’re not here to shame anyone. Comments like these simply come from a lack of information. But we have the remedy: verifiable information backed by research.

🚨 The Comment Period Ends October 6th 🚨

Comment “Roadless” and we’ll DM you links to two ways you can comment on the rescission of the Roadless Rule:

1) Our comment builder that makes it easy to write a substantive comment that we will submit on your behalf.

2 ) The Federal Register to submit your comment directly to the USDA.

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Hear from André Sanchez with @calwildorg on his takeaways from National Wilderness Week and how important it is to have allies in Congress as we work to protect wild places!

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