To complete the petition please visit:

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/speak-for-the-trees

It is the same petition but it has been updated a little and it works better. Thanks, john

p.s. and if you sign both petitions that's fine too. All the signatures will be sent to the Forest Service

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Part of this grove is scheduled to be clear-cut under a U.S. Forest Service plan. This tree is a 16-17 foot circumference red-oak in the grove of older growth trees in Tucker County West Virginia. Help save these trees.

The Monongahela National Forest Service is planning a project of clear-cutting 3,500 acres of older-growth trees in the Upper Cheat River watershed and it undercuts our hope for controlling flooding and maintaining our national forest for people and wildlife.  This plan specifically targets large and older trees. Those trees are necessary for carbon storage and critical habitat for forest wildlife and endangered species such as the Northern Long-Eared Bat. The clear-cutting of trees from the steep slopes here contributes to frequent flooding of communities and adds sediment to the rivers making them less suitable for species such as Brook Trout and Hellbenders.

In addition to the Forest Service, there has also been a large amount of industrial logging in the same watershed adding to these problems.  Please let the U.S. Forest Service know that this clear-cutting is not OK. Sign this petition telling the Service no to the Upper Cheat River Project proposal to clear-cut thousands of acres of these treasured older trees.

Project details are available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58364