I don't normally forward these, but auctioning off wilderness to pay for Iraq is dispicable...
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From: "Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., NRDC BioGems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: March 21, 2006 1:22:56 PM CST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Important message from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Dear NRDC BioGems Defender, The Bush administration wants to sell off an astonishing 300,000 acres of our national forest lands across 35 different states -- to pay for its mismanagement of America's finances. We need your immediate action to stop this raid on our natural heritage, which would sacrifice some of our nation's most treasured wildlands, including irreplaceable expanses of several NRDC BioGems. Go to http://www.savebiogems.org/takeaction.asp and tell the U.S. Forest Service to withdraw this proposal to sell off any part of our national forests for the sake of funding budget shortfalls. The Bush administration has cynically put forward this national forest sell-off as a fast way to raise millions to pay for a rural schools program that has run out of funding. America's rural schools deserve financial support -- but destroying our legacy of national forests to pay the bills is unconscionable. The Bush administration's lengthy list of "Forests For Sale" includes prime habitat in Montana for bears, elk and wolves; popular recreation spots in Alaska's Tongass National Forest; old-growth forests in northern California; wildlife-rich ecosystems in the Appalachians and hundreds of other natural treasures. Logging companies, real estate developers and other commercial interests are already lining up to start the bidding. Go to http://www.savebiogems.org/takeaction.asp and tell the Forest Service to protect these priceless wildlands for all Americans, present and future. Thank you for helping to protect the legacy of America's national forests. Sincerely, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. NRDC Senior Attorney . . . Note: We appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you and other NRDC BioGems Defenders, but if you would prefer not to receive BioGems updates or hear from BioGems activists in the field, you can send an email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "Please remove my name" in the subject line.
