{"id":14,"date":"2016-11-28T23:34:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T23:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alleghenyforestalliance.org\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2024-02-27T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:32:12","slug":"participate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alleghenyforestalliance.org\/index.php\/participate\/","title":{"rendered":"Participate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/alleghenyforestalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/all.jpg\" alt=\"Allegheny National Forest sign\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleghenyforestalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/all.jpg 320w, https:\/\/alleghenyforestalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/all-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, 320px\" \/>When you participate, it matters!\u00a0 Please join in the AFA\u2019s efforts to advocate for sustainable forest management on the Allegheny National Forest and other public forest lands.<\/p>\n<p>We work hard to keep up with legislation and agency policy announcements.\u00a0 When issues are identified that threaten public land health, management, or use, or threaten community economic stability, we respond, researching and writing comment letters that are available for you to base your own comments on.\u00a0\u00a0Help is always welcome in this time-consuming effort.\u00a0 Monitoring, research, even drafting comments are all needed.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t have time, but want to assist financially,\u00a0 we welcome that too!<\/p>\n<p>See below for the categories of advocacy opportunities you can participate in.\u00a0 Please write to your legislators and comment on ANF projects, state and federal agency proposals, and proposed legislation.\u00a0 Your voice matters, and together we can make our voices heard!<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANF Project Comments:\u00a0<\/strong> You can find the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/sopa\/forest-level.php?110919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)\u00a0<\/a>for all projects on the Allegheny National Forest Website.\u00a0 This is updated quarterly, and we publish projects of concern in our bi-monthly newsletter.\u00a0 Not sure what makes for a good project comment?\u00a0 See our <a href=\"http:\/\/alleghenyforestalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Guide-to-Commenting-on-ANF-Projects_AFA2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Commenting on ANF Projects&#8221;<\/a> guide, developed cooperatively with the ANF staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State and Federal Agency Rule change proposals:<\/strong>\u00a0 We are seeing a lot of actions being proposed that would have devastating and permanent impacts on how our Nation&#8217;s forests are managed, forest health, and the stability and sustainability of our communities.\u00a0 You will find them listed below with links to more details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AFA Opposed USFS\u2019 Land Management Plan Direction for Old-Growth \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/alleghenyforestalliance.org\/index.php\/old-growth-plan-amendment-opposed\/\">\u00a0Learn more<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>AFA Opposed Carbon Capture &amp; Storage on National Forests \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alleghenyforestalliance.org\/index.php\/carbon-capture-storage-national-forests-opposed\/\">Learn more<\/a>. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>AFA Opposed SEC\u2019s Natural Asset Company (NAC) Proposal \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alleghenyforestalliance.org\/index.php\/nac-opposition\/\">Learn more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>BLM&#8217;s proposed Conservation and Landscape Health Rule &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/alleghenyforestalliance.org\/index.php\/blm-proposed-conservation-landscape-health-rule\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you participate, it matters!\u00a0 Please join in the AFA\u2019s efforts to advocate for sustainable forest management on the Allegheny National Forest and other public forest lands. 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