Friend — tomorrow is Earth Day, and we’re sounding the alarm:

Trump has just opened millions of acres of national forests to logging — even in old-growth forests that are important habitat for wildlife and absorb climate pollution and precipitation.

He’s fired park and forest rangers and other public land managers responsible for protecting our parks, forests, and public lands, causing uncertainty for staff and visitors alike.

And he’s issued orders that seek to end virtually every environmental safeguard established in the last fifty years, threatening our clean air and water, our health, and our communities.

Trump and his administration want to take our lands and hand them over to industry to be drilled, logged, and mined for their private gain. Enough. Is. Enough. Public lands belong in public hands. This Earth Day, we are organizing a major response — and we need your help.

We’re going big here: we’re supporting demonstrations in states around the country, generating calls and letters to every member of Congress, and working with partners to raise the pressure in state legislatures, too.

We’ve set a goal to reach 400 donations before midnight tomorrow on Earth Day. If you help us reach our goal, a group of donors will 3x MATCH your gift, tripling your impact.

Please, renew your membership this Earth Day to help power our new campaign to protect these cherished landscapes from exploitation >>

Right now, if you start an annual membership with a gift of $20 or more to help us reach our Earth Day goal, we’ll even send you a “Climate Action Now!” t-shirt — on us!

Public lands belong to all of us, but the impacts of Trump’s public lands grab are far-reaching and could reverberate for generations, including:

• Worsening climate change due to more greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling and fracking, while increased logging in old-growth forests like Tongass National Forest reduce the land’s ability to absorb carbon.
• More wildfires, as mass layoffs and confusion at the National Forest Service delay crucial time-sensitive projects necessary to prevent the worst impacts of wildfires,  and save lives, and protect property.
• Water pollution, with runoff from industrial mining and drilling operations poisoning the water sources that communities and wildlife rely on.
• Harming Indigenous and rural gateway communities, by limiting access to public lands (many of which have cultural significance to Indigenous tribes), disrupting local economies, tourism, recreation, and the ways of life of those who live in and around our nation’s public lands.

This Earth Day, we’re asking you to renew your membership to help stop Trump’s attacks on public lands while we still can. Every gift matters — will you renew before midnight tomorrow, while your support will go 3x as far?

Your support this Earth Day will help us organize protests in states and districts across the country, power grassroots advocacy, and push Congress to protect our nation’s public lands instead of selling them off to the highest bidder.

Can we count on you to stand with us for public lands this Earth Day, Friend?

Onward,

Chris Brooks
Vice President of Membership
League of Conservation Voters