Episode 27: What is Wilderness Laundering?

The Lolo National Forest in Montana is recommending more wilderness designations in their upcoming forest plan. We talk about why you should oppose this.  The Bureau of Land Management recently proposed a new rule to prioritize conservation on BLM lands. The United States Forest Service released a companion rule that raises questions about what exactly the forest should be prioritizing as the forests they manage are increasingly burning up in catastrophic wildfires. ----more---- You can comment on the Proposed Conservation Rule here:  https://www.sharetrails.org/forest-service-proposed-rule-to-prioritize-conservation-instead-of-management/ ----more---- You can oppose new wilderness in the Lolo National Forest here:  https://www.sharetrails.org/lolo-forest-wilderness-designations/#/116/