Members of Congress Urge Forest Service to Take Additional Measures to Protect Old-Growth Forests

On September 19, 2024, Congress Member Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) and Representative Jared Huffman (D-North Coast) led a group of 33 lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary Tom Vilsack, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) National Old-Growth Amendment and urging USFS to take additional measures to protect old-growth forests. A copy of the letter can be found here. RCRC submitted comments on the Land Management Plan Direction for Old-Growth Forest Conditions Across the National Forest System earlier this year. Those comments are available here.