On July 1, the U.S. Forest Service proposed a rule in the Federal Register eliminating public input regarding how “national forests get run, who gets a grazing permit, how a timber sale gets reviewed for damage to water and wildlife, what deadline you have to object before a decision goes final, etc.” All of us can find and comment on the proposed rule here. These decisions are made by the Forest Service in handbooks, not Congress.

Will Pattiz just wrote in “More Than Just Parks” an article entitled “Forest Service to Remove Your Voice from Public Lands Decisions” that describes the situation. The public can read the entire Substack article here.

Lisa Kinney, former Wyoming State Senator and current candidate for US House of Representatives, is passionate about keeping public lands in public hands. “If the public is no longer able to comment on public lands decisions, are the lands really in our hands?” she asked.

Kinney sees no benefit in eliminating public comment. “Our recommendations have been important to the Forest Service for decades, but suddenly they propose to eliminate our input. Why?” Her questions continued: “Where is this coming from? If they decide to sell public lands, what is the objective?”

Lisa simply doesn’t trust what is happening here and she and her campaign believe that the people of Wyoming need to be aware before it is too late.

“We need to make our voices heard,” Lisa said. “Wouldn’t it be great if the Forest Service received thousands of comments from all of us who are public lands supporters?” Please submit your comments directly to the US Forest Service here.

Thank you for your support!