Help Stop the Bush Administration from Giving Away Our Last Roadless Lands

In mid July, the Bush Administration proposed to repeal the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, putting 58.5 million acres of our national forests at risk to destructive road-building, logging and drilling.

The public spoke out in unprecedented numbers to encourage Clinton to sign the Rule into law and now we must all step up again to voice our support for the protection of our roadless lands.  A public comment period started on July 9, 2004 and ends on September 14, 2004.  We need to generate as many comments as possible in order to let the administration know that the public wants our national forests protected and not given away to corporate special interests.

We need to send a and clear and powerful message that we will not tolerate the administration giving our national forests away.  Please forward this action alert to your members, friends, family and coworkers and encourage them to participate in the protection of our last wild forests by submitting comments.

Here’s how you can help us reach this goal:

SEND A COMMENT:  IT IS EASY!

Send an email to statepetitionroadless@fs.fed.us. 

Send a letter to: Content Analysis Team, ATTN:  Roadless State Petitions, USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 221090, Salt Lake City, UT 84122

Handwritten, substantive comment letters are always the best, but send your comment in whatever way you have time for.  Make it personal, because this is a personal issue.  To see a sample comment letter go to:  http://www.americanlands.org/sample%20roadless%20comment%20letter.doc

For more background check out:

http://roadless.fs.fed.us/documents/id_07/2004_07_12_state_petition_proposed_rule.html

and

http://www.americanlands.org/Roadlessanalysis.doc

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