This awesome judge ruled against Trump's attempt to open 1,800,000 acres of America's largest national forest to logging.
Add your name if you want to send her a powerful message of gratitude, for all the wonderful work she has done!
"A federal judge in Alaska ruled late Wednesday against a Trump administration plan to open 1.8 million acres of America's largest national forest to logging.
"The Forest Service plan targeted part of the Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island. It would have been the largest sale of national forest timber in 30 years, Earthjustice pointed out, permitting 164 miles of new roads and clearing an area of forest three times the size of Manhattan, more than half of it old growth.
"But U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason ruled that the plan violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) because the agency did not take all of its potential impacts into account, The Hill reported," said EcoWatch.
"By not developing actual site-specific information, the Forest Service limited its ability to make informed decisions regarding impacts to subsistence uses and presented local communities with vague, hypothetical, and over-inclusive representations of the project's effects over a 15-year period," Gleason wrote.
"Gleason also ruled that the plan violated the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which requires federal agencies to determine how projects on public lands will impact those who use the lands for subsistence, according to The Audubon Society," EcoWatch continued.
Thanks to Judge Gleason, that forest will remain intact, and all the precious animals and plants who live there will be safe and sound.
Isn't this judge a true life hero?
Don't you want to send her a HUGE message of thanks, letting her know how much we appreciate all the work she's doing?
Then add your name to be included when we send this petition to U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason, along with our deepest gratitude for the work she has done to protect America's forests from Trump and his cronies!
