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June 16, 2004
Forest Protection Starts Here!
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Ancient Forest Protection Starts Here - http://weblog.greenpeace.org/stopthesales/
Medford BLM, Ore. - Greenpeace Activists locked to three-ton containers on logging road in Southern Oregon. Activists Deliver Message that "Ancient Forest Protection Starts Here".The forest in Oregon represents ancient forests on public lands throughout the United States that the Bush administration is fast tracking onto the chopping block. To date, 70 percent of all old growth forest has already been logged. Greenpeace is calling for a moratorium on commercial logging on public lands, and for increased protection and restoration efforts.
URGENT CALLS NEEDED: U.S. House of Representatives
Congress will vote this week to protect some of America's most cherished natural treasures - wildlife harbored in our national forests, the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, and Yellowstone National Park. The Interior Appropriations bill will be debated on the House floor today and amendments could be offered as early as this afternoon. Your help is urgently needed to generate calls to House Members to encourage them to vote for these three amendments to the Interior Appropriations bill.
Please call your Representative at 202-224-3121 (the Capitol Switchboard) and ask to speak to the Staff that works on environmental issues. Tell the environmental staff that you would like your Representative to:
Vote YES on the Udall FOREST WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AMENDMENT to protect wildlife in our National Forests by halting harmful changes to rules governing forest management practices.
Vote YES on the Chabot/Andrews TONGASS SUBSIDY AMENDMENT to protect pristine areas of the Tongass National Forest by ending taxpayer subsidies of destructive new logging roads.
Vote YES on the Shays/Rahall/Holt/Johnson YELLOWSTONE AMENDMENT to protect the health of America's first National Park, its wildlife, employees and guests, by continuing to phase-out snowmobiles use inside Yellowstone and switch to snowcoaches.
More information available at http://www.americanlands.org/Appropriations/NFMAAmendment.doc, Lisa Dix by e-mail or 202-547-9105.
Posted by jkleissler at June 16, 2004 06:00 PM
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