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When a forest has been burned, the scientific evidence is clear: the best thing for recovery is to leave it alone. Commercial logging activities after events like forest fires impede recovery, causing erosion, decreased water quality, compacted soils, and the elimination of the very nutrients a forest will need to recover.

But Congress will soon vote on a bill introduced by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) which runs directly against this scientific consensus, and would fast-track logging projects all across America in the name of forest recovery. The bill also disregards important protections for clean water and wildlife, eliminates meaningful environmental analysis and public involvement, and would misleadingly define even rain or windstorms as “catastrophic events.”

This timber industry’s dream come true could come to the House floor this week! Please, ask your representative to oppose this “log first, ask questions later” legislation!

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