We need your help to stop the Forest Service from polluting invaluable water resources with aerial fire retardant.
While our lawsuit has forced the Forest Service to apply for a permit as required by the Clean Water Act, members of Congress have introduced legislation to exempt retardant pollution from the Clean Water Act. If enacted, this legislation would allow the Forest Service to continue to dump its cadmium-contaminated retardant into pristine waterways with no oversight.
Our legal victory requiring the Forest Service to seek a CWA permit would be undermined if this misinformed legislation passes in the Senate. PLEASE CALL.
The Congressional switchboard phone number is 202-224-3121, and it can connect you to your senators’ offices. Thank you for helping to preserve our vital resources!
Photo: Fire retardant turned the Twisp River red Aug. 20, 2015, in Twisp, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
