Congress is preparing to vote on a bill that would have major implications for recreation on 245 million acres of public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The vote would throw out an essential BLM planning process and prevent important modernizations in the future.
You can read more about this bill (H.J. Res. 44 in the House, and S.J. Res. 15 in the Senate) on our blog, but the short story is that over the last two years, the BLM has worked collaboratively with groups like Outdoor Alliance and local organizations to develop its Planning 2.0 initiative. Planning 2.0 better recognizes the importance of recreation on public lands and improves how the BLM handles data and public input.
Congress is planning to completely overturn this regulation, which would roll back the public process, undercut outdoor recreation, and block needed reforms into the future. These bills are very likely to pass unless there is a lot of public outcry about them. We've made it easy to reach out.
This bill sounds wonky (and it kind of is) but we can't overemphasize how important this is. If you have 2 minutes today, please send a letter. And if you have 5 minutes, send a letter and make a call to your member of Congress.
Thanks so much for standing up for public lands,
Tania
Outdoor Alliance
P.S. Your lawmakers work for you. Make sure they hear from you.
Photo credit: Hunter Day
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