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The latest original material from Tommy and related authors on current issues and the environment, including cited news content.

Urgent Action Needed NOW to Stop HR 655!

July 17, 2026

Please help stop a public land grab that puts Mt. Hood’s forests, rivers, fish, and wildlife at risk. We only have until this Monday, July 20th, to weigh in with […]

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Trump Conservation Opponents Won’t Stop at National Monuments

July 15, 2026

The Trump regime’s unprecedented, cruel, and wholly unnecessary slashing of Grand Staircase Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments in Utah — the second such evisceration of these monuments in nine […]

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Alert: Tell Your U.S. Senators to Preserve the Roadless Rule!

June 9, 2026

We need your help to put out a five-alarm fire and stop a major conservation calamity from occurring in the U.S. Senate as public lands and conservation enemy Senator Mike […]

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Destructive Forest Service Plan for Laguna Mountains Raises Concerns

May 31, 2026

By Karen Pearlman, East County Magazine Sizable portions of the Laguna Mountains in the Cleveland National Forest could fall victim to a destructive, discredited, and wholly misguided federal plan to […]

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Help Save Our Ancient Oregon Forests on Federal Public Lands

May 21, 2026

With six decades of American conservation in the crosshairs of a cabal that has made no secret of its hatred and hostility toward America’s outdoors and conservation legacy, we need […]

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I’m Supporting Mandy Havlik for San Diego City Council District 2

May 20, 2026

I urge you, your friends, colleagues, and family who live in District 2 to vote for Mandy before June 2nd and clear a path for her to win the general […]

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Pay Close Attention to Those Celebrating Thomas Massie’s Defeat

May 20, 2026

Donald Trump and his allies spent upwards of $35 million to drive Thomas Massie from Congress because he committed the only unforgivable sin left in the modern Republican Party. He […]

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Tell Your U.S. Senators to Preserve Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument NOW

May 7, 2026

I wish I had better news to report, but we need your help again. And we’ll need it more in what’s going to be a long, hot, unpleasant summer for […]

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The Voting Rights Act Didn’t Die of Natural Causes — It Was Murdered

May 6, 2026

It was four short years ago the U.S. Supreme Court undid the rights of American women to have control over their own bodies with their undoing of the landmark 1973 […]

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Dismantling the U.S. Forest Service Harms Public Lands and Communities

April 22, 2026

By Tracy Stone-Manning There’s a reason why the headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service is in Washington, D.C. There’s a reason why the Bureau of Land Management was too. When […]

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