| Please go to <http://www.ourforests.org/>
to send a free FAX to President Bush today, and
tell him to conserve our precious last wild forests for future
generations. Tell him to support the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
Now is also the time to contact your Representative
and Senators by phone or letter, and urge them
to support the roadless area protection policy.
The USDA Forest Service issued the popular forest conservation
plan, known as the Roadless Area Conservation
Rule, earlier this year. This policy would protect
the last 58 million acres of unspoiled National Forest lands from
logging, mining, and drilling, which are already
allowed on most National Forest lands. It was
the result of the most extensive public participation in
a rulemaking process in history, including more than 600 public
meetings, nearly two million public comments,
and two years of public debate.
However, the Bush Administration has repeatedly refused to support
this popular forest conservation policy,
signaling its intent to allow logging, mining,
and drilling in our last majestic untouched forests. Shortly after
taking office, the Bush Administration decided to delay
for at least two months the Clinton
Administration's ban on road-building and most logging in almost
60 million acres of the country's national forests.
By May 4th, President Bush will determine the fate of America's
last pristine National Forests. With a White
House decision imminent, please send a message
NOW to President Bush urging him to protect America's last unspoiled
National Forest lands from logging, mining and drilling.
For more information, visit the Forest Service's Roadless Area
Conservation website at: <http://roadless.fs.fed.us/index.shtml>
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