Angela G<p>Today's <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ResistOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistOfTheDay</span></a> is about the public lands for sale. If you've not seen the map, here it is. <br><a href="https://wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=821970f0212d46d7aa854718aac42310" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/app</span><span class="invisible">s/instant/basic/index.html?appid=821970f0212d46d7aa854718aac42310</span></a></p><p>Please customize as appropriate for your local area, then please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your Senators and share with friends. </p><p>Dear Senator --</p><p>I am urging you to strike the language in the Senate Reconciliation bill that would sell off National Forests and Bureau of Land Management lands. These lands belong to the American people for a very practical, but little appreciated reason -- they help us make and preserve our water. </p><p>The lands proposed for sale in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California are part of one of four remaining boreal forests in the world. The water needed by the entire western half of the United States depends in part on the way this boreal forest interacts with the moisture of the Pacific Ocean. The more inland forests -- from Montana and Wyoming down to Arizona and New Mexico -- have a similar effect, interacting with passing weather systems to help make much needed rain in dry areas.</p><p>These forests belong to the American people. Do not let them be sold off to the highest bidder. Water matters, and without trees, there will be a lot less water.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NationalForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalForest</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NoTreesNoWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoTreesNoWater</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>