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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>land conservation nonprofit organization</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social</link><title>@forestlandscf.bsky.social - The Forestlands Conservation Foundation</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mvofazl5i22y</link><description>Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/climate/endangered-species-act-change.html?smid=bs-share&#xA;How sad. The Trump administration and MAGA enablers are waging a war on the most vulnerable of living beings for money. 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There is no time to lose.</description><pubDate>09 Sep 2026 22:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4mclsiv22r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mujpsiv47s2c</link><description>https://scienceblog.com/t-pennsylvania-farmer-data-centre-development-rights/&#xA;Some people understand that land left undeveloped is beyond monetary value.</description><pubDate>02 Sep 2026 10:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujpsiv47s2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mtfoh45ac22b</link><description>Trump administration to rescind rule protecting old-growth forests  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/trump-administration-growth-forests?CMP=share_btn_url</description><pubDate>19 Aug 2026 02:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfoh45ac22b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mtfmv743zs2b</link><description>https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/climate/court-alaska-izembek-refuge.html Thankful for the courts that are upholding the Endangered Species Act against Trump administration efforts to thwart the law.</description><pubDate>19 Aug 2026 01:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfmv743zs2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mte3jimdwk2g</link><description>https://courthousenews.com/federal-judge-rules-forest-service-violated-law-by-allowing-off-road-events-in-coastal-marten-habitat/</description><pubDate>18 Aug 2026 11:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte3jimdwk2g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mtbkzpx4hk2l</link><description>Adorable! Box turtle (Terrapene sp.) munching on a mushroom at Boone Gap Forest, a 101-acre woodland in North Carolina, a property we are in the process of permanently protecting as a nature preserve. Donate today to help us preserve special places to ensure creatures like this continue to persist.</description><pubDate>17 Aug 2026 11:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbkzpx4hk2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3msxj7b4esc2i</link><description>The Trump Administration and Republicans cherry pick the laws they choose to abide by and enforce, and are bent on annhilating the most voiceless and defenseless of all...nonhuman living things. 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Reliable sources of water for wildlife, they become the headwaters of streams and are critical to protect from development.</description><pubDate>13 Aug 2026 11:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxj53pqas2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3msvigy7hpk2i</link><description>https://courthousenews.com/federal-judge-rules-forest-service-violated-law-by-allowing-off-road-events-in-coastal-marten-habitat/&#xA;&#xA;The Trump administration cherry picks the laws it wants to enforce,  and doesn&#39;t abide by others. Thankful the courts are still upholding the law for endangered species.</description><pubDate>12 Aug 2026 15:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvigy7hpk2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mrfc54k4622g</link><description>https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/us/new-mexico-bear-electrical-pole-death.html?smid=em-share&#xA;What a tragedy. With increased land development and fragmentation, wildlife are forced to interact more with human development, and wildlife are usually on the losing end of situations that are good for no one. Help us buy land to protect and enlarge wilderness areas.</description><pubDate>24 Jul 2026 11:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfc54k4622g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mrcszfig422q</link><description>https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/scientists-can-t-believe-what-trees-have-been-hiding-underground/vi-AA28mWBQ?ocid=socialshare&#xA;Like this if you love trees as much as we do! Trees are amazing, complex, long-lived creatures that give so much to the world and are the most humble of beings. 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The only way to stop this assault is to vote them out of power in November. https://apnews.com/article/endangered-species-trump-extinction-0659d56d66285ca502b4e776c1782799</description><pubDate>18 Jul 2026 08:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvsmmcmw22m</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mqrwfnygs22g</link><description>Stunning carnivorous pitcher plants (Sarracenia sp.) endemic to the southeastern United States are something to behold! These peculiar plants grow in sand-peat wetlands with full sun. Fire is required to maintain the open canopy above them. 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We are rapidly losing them forever due to agriculture and urban development.</description><pubDate>16 Jul 2026 18:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrvu5j72k2g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mqnnhpbdfs2k</link><description>The Endangered Species Act is the only defensive barrier left protecting our nation&#39;s land and waters from rape by the Trump administration for their corrupt private commercial interests. A world for all rich in the diversity of living things and joy is the right of all. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5891858/trump-esa-harm-endangered-species-act-threatened-lawsuit&#xA;https://lnkd.in/ewwS7vft</description><pubDate>15 Jul 2026 02:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:2sfptm2ecly7xngwhwpky7ve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnnhpbdfs2k</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/forestlandscf.bsky.social/post/3mqehkam5p22o</link><description>As it is, the ESA provides a thin veil of protection for endangered species. Habitat destruction is an irreversible path towards further unraveling ecosystems and a world devoid of life that brings joy to so many. 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