1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

NO Pillaging of Our National Forests Our national forests are under a direct, coordinated attack. The current administration’s radical plan to relocate the Forest Service headquarters from Washington and eliminate three-fourths of its research infrastructure is an effort to gut the agency. According to the Department of Agriculture's own internal evaluations, 82% of the public strongly opposes this corporate-driven realignment, while only 5% support it. This reorganization is a deliberate ploy to turn our invaluable public assets into private-sector cash cows. Shuttering world-class research facilities and stripping millions from scientific budgets leads to the extinction of critical forest science. This isn't restructuring; it is environmental destruction disguised as administrative efficiency. Meanwhile, current leadership is prioritizing timber sales, critical mineral permitting, and fossil fuel extraction—even though national forests account for only 6% of the country's timber supply and a fraction of a percent of our oil and gas. Saving our forests is a foundational duty we owe to future generations. Our public lands belong to all Americans, not to corporations seeking to pillage them. I am a voting constituent, and I urge you to block these funding cuts, halt this destructive reorganization, reject corporate extraction, and restore the Forest Service.