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Western Lands Project

I encourage everyone to check out this organization:

The Western Lands Project was originally created as the Western Land Exchange Project to monitor federal land exchanges and promote reform in related federal policies. By necessity, our mission has expanded to include scrutiny of the myriad efforts that are under way to privatize public lands. Our goal is to keep public lands public. We monitor federal land exchanges, sales, and giveaways and any project that would cede public control of land to non-federal entities.

http://www.westlx.org/

This September, Earthjustice scored a huge victory for our roadless national forests when a federal district court ordered the reinstatement of the 2001 Roadless Rule. But today the Bush administration is scrambling to challenge this decision.

Today, we need your help to fight back and safeguard our victory. We need to generate as many letters as possible to Secretary of the USDA, Michael Johanns, demanding that he honor and enforce the Roadless Rule.

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1.   Petition: Campaign to Protect The Great Bear Rainforest  
       http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/525713158 


2.   "Campaign To Red List the Kermode Bear" petition

 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/313811002.

These Kermode bears or "Spirit Bears" carry a rare recessive gene that makes a few of them white or cream-colored. Their parents may be colored black. They exist only on the northern tip of Vancouver Island in Canada. Logging is edging closer and closer to their protected habitat. The surrounding area needs to be protected too; and agreements made with First Nations peoples KEPT UNBROKEN!

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Message: SUPERB GREAT GOOD NEWS-PassageOfTheVALLE VIDAL PROTECTION ACT !!!!!  


SUPERB GREAT GOOD NEWS !!!!!

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Saturday,18.Nov.06

PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING, CPOSTING, MAKING SHARES AND LINKS IN GROUPS.
HOW MANY ARE WE HERE AT CARE2,  ONLY 2,000 PEOPLE ????  PLEASE DO HELP!, tks, hugs, agnesC and thanks to BMutiny for this compiling.
I CARE FOR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RAINFORESTS,    ITS WILDLIFE AND   THE ENDANGERED BEARS.....  
               AND  YOU,        DO YOU CARE 2 ????

TIME-SENSITIVE: 3 TO SIGN FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA RAINFOREST AND ENDANGERED WILDLIFE 
 
"Campaign to Protect the The Great Bear Rainforest http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/525713158 1,017 so far.      

"Campaign To Red List the Kermode Bear" http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/313811002.
772 signatures so far.  PLEASE sign this one!    
 

"Save Vancouver Island's Ancient Forests" PETITION:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/409398086 268 signatures so far. This is a NEW PETITION that is DIRECTLY RELATED to the two above!

If you feel you can, please sign all three! for the bears and other wildlife also!
Canada is apparently NOT KEEPING agreements it has ALREADY MADE with First Nations and others. In signing the above 3 Petitions, you are asking for the protections originally envisioned for the Kermode bears, the ancient arboreal forests, and the other wildlife unique to the area, including ocean fish and mammals, to be observed IN PERPETUITY. Agreements like that should NOT be broken for the selfish interests of a few!!! 
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The Kermode bear (Ursus americanus kermodei) is a rare and elusive subspecies of the North American black bear in which approximately one in every 10 bears is white or cream-coloured.
The Kermode bear is endemic only to the unique temperate rainforest region off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. Biologists estimate a population of 1,200 kermode bears, of which less than 200 are white phased. These white phased bears are known locally as "spirit bears"

The kermode bear faces extinction due to habitat loss as a result of logging and mismanagement; restricted range; low and declining population numbers and hybridization with mainland subspecies of black bear which do not carry the unique genetics that produce the rare white "spirit" bear.  Under the provisions of Canada's Species At Risk Act which became a law in June 2003, the kermode bear meets all requirements to be listed as endangered. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) is federal Cabinet that decides whether a species should get legal protection under the Act.  U. a. kermodei meets all of the provisions under the Eligibility of a Candidate Species and needs further protection to ensure this unique subspecies' survival.  However, COSEWIC does not feel that it is necessary to reassess these populations...

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While I live, love, and feel most at home in forest and sea, I'm among those who have traveled, studied, loved, remembered, the Great Plains and its ecosystems.

There has been a movement afoot to restore the Prairie for some time, which I have recently been apprised of:

It's called the Buffalo Commons.

"What exactly is the Buffalo Commons? Simply, it is a cultural and social movement to restore ecological, economic, social and, for some, spiritual health to America’s severely damaged heartland. For generations the Great Plains has suffered damage and decay. Vanishing water and animals are signs of a failing Earth. Time is running out to restore our Great Plains’ majesty. Our communities do not take care of the environment like it’s a critical underpinning of our health, even though protecting the environment is a matter of sheer survival. We must act now, and involve our youth in every way. 

There is a Third World-like devastation out here on the Great Plains –“flyover country” to the rest of America— that touches every aspect of our ecological and personal landscape. Much of our Great Plains is inside the “extinction spiral,” meaning that the web of prairie life is in shreds and collapsing. For example, the latest census shows that grassland birds have declined by 70%. Aquifers, fresh springs, creeks and streams, so vital to sustaining life, are being drained dry, are dying. At the same time, many of our communities, especially our Prairie/Plains inner city and American Indian youth, face daunting survival challenges that, in a social way, mirror the ecological devastation."

While humans have heavily impacted North America,overhunting, miining, genocide, ecological disruption, and outrageous extinctions for as long as 12-13,000 years (read hypotheses on Clovis People and extinction events), the Great Plains Restoration Council www.gprc.org is steadfastly working to redeem the land.

Wisdom is gained at the heaviest of prices, and I use the words of the wise people of the land I was born, when I ask that you all remember:

mitakuye oyasin.

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Hi Arch,

Thanx for inviting me in. pop pressure is increasing especially in CA and the areas you mention. It is most effective for large groups to work on large issues.

Howevah! Right at home can change when we are not on top of it. Here, a small timber sale above a couple creeks affect the fast collapsing salmon, the proper regeneration of the forest (a matter of plant succession, soil erosion, eradication of vital fungi, all kinds of death and carbon resulting from opening the normal closed canopies of redwood coastal forest), development and urbanization.

In CA, timber harvest plans (and there are hundreds at any given time) have periods of public comment. Ya gotta fight for forest rights, right where you are.

Timber harvest plans in CA are listed in FTP://THP.fire.gov/THPlibrary It is a pretty complex website, and difficult to nav, but listings like the Scotia Pacific chop chop plan in the "hole in the Headwaters" are detailed there. (I love this place - Julia Butterfly and the people who cared so much in the 90s were, I believe, instrumental in saving it. It's BLM, and with a lot of activism, could become managed to restore old growth. Yet part of the Elk River watershed was left out of the govt purchase, and so near to Eureka, it is a vital wild place for marbeled murrelet, mama bear, you, and me!)

THPs must be countered with specific concerns, and are good ways to learn while doing.

Right now, for big issues, Southern OR has a new Bush/BLM attack on the Zane Grey roadless area in the Siskiyous. This is the largest BLM roadless area in the US. Upper East Kelsey timber sale /Kelsey Whiskey project is intending clearcut (hugely destructive - study forest ecology!) and road building into the Zane Grey. OR Senator Wyden and Congressman DeFazio are against it, even though they are repubs. To gather information & work on it, www.kswild.org and Siskiyou Project have info.

We fought recently in public comment, the draft EIS for relicensing Klamath River dams which destroyed Salmon (near a million a year once spawned here, is the estimate), Sturgeon, Pacific Lamprey (a food of the various tribes along the river), and other fish, by blocking the river, overwarming the water & causing deadly diseases, and creating toxic algae blooms, turning the waters into deadly pea soup for every organism that needs a drink. With the coalition of Pacific fishing groups, American Rivers, and the indigenous nations of the Klamath, it is just possible that the dams will come down. Big on such issues and forest protection is www.yournec.org the Northcoast Environmental Center in Arcata, CA.

The Salmon River, a tributary of the Klamath in big wild land, between the Marble Mt wilderness and the Trinity Alps wilderness, is in danger of big Bush logging. This steep country needs protective action, and addition to the wilderness. You'd love the place, tumbling bouldered creeks, swimming while otters or martens(couldn't tell) stare, downright mean vertical backpacking, never meeting anyone but deer, sliding downhill on bear scat - and the most diverse species of any coniferous forests are those of the Siskiyous & Klamath mts.

Thanks so much for pulling together so many people and so much info for us to work with!

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That looks like a couple of great organizations, there! The link to the Timber Harvest Plans website didn't work for me, though....

Thanks for joining our group.

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Hello, Archie,

Like that shot of the Eastern Sierra!

In reply to the THP library failure to connect,

Go to http://www.fire.ca.gov/rsrc-mgt_forestpractice_thpstatus.php

Then open the Timber Harvesting Status Table in a new window. The Sons, Hums, Mens, are of course, the counties.

It seems difficult to get into the TH library. Try clicking this: ftp://thp.fire.ca.gov/THPLibrary/ 

Should work, got it up right now on my screen, so it's potent.

Looks like fires are bursting out all over!

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Hello dear friends

You can help the iberian wolves that live in Portugal in a Center of Recuperation- the IBERIAN WOLF RECOVERY CENTRE

Take a look on the site please and discover the thinks that you can do for this lovely animal!!!

http://lobo.fc.ul.pt/

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Look, Nuclear power generation is the most costly form, and uranium mining damages watersheds, poisons everything, and the radioactive stuff cannot be safely disposed of.

Below, the Sierra Club asks for letter signers to prevent Diablo Canyon from being relicensed with insufficient  safeguards or oversight. Diablo is of course located on a big earthquake fault, on a once-pristine coast I used to visit. Remember the demonstrations? Help Shut down the poisoning.

Deny PG&E Funds for Nuclear Re-License Study

The license for the nuclear reactors at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant do not expire until 2025, yet PG&E is requesting that the California Public Utilities Commission force its ratepayers fork over $14 million dollars for an in-house feasibility study of renewing the plant's license for another 20 years. 

This is an affront to California legislators and Governor, who recently passed legislation for the Energy Commission to do an in-depth analysis of the full costs, benefit and risks of the California's continued reliance on its aging nuclear reactors beyond current license periods.

Action Needed:

Ratepayers must speak out as soon as possible to prevent this waste of public moneys for private studies.  At minimum, the CPUC should deny PG&E's request until the California Energy Commission (CEC) has completed it analysis and the results have been approved and implemented.

California deserves an energy future that is clean, economic and reliable. Until the CEC analysis is complete, that future is in jeopardy.

Using the link below, please send a letter to the President of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

http://cal-legalert.sierraclubaction.org/takeaction.asp?t=1&aaid=2239

Deadline for responding: Please take action by January 17, 2007.

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Here is info and a link to a petition I would like you all to consider...

TAKE ACTION

President Bush recently signed an Executive Order (EO) that could exempt hundreds of federal facilities from reporting toxic chemical releases as a part of the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program. This measure follows EPA rulemaking last December that weakened TRI reporting requirements for all regulated facilities. Together, these actions significantly undermine the publics ability to track releases of hazardous chemicals that pose potentially serious risks to human health.

The TRI program was established in 1986 to empower citizens, through information, to hold companies and local governments accountable in terms of how chemicals are managed. Now the program has come under fire from the Bush administration in its efforts to ease the regulatory burden on industry. Yet the recent changes will provide only minimal burden reductions, while significantly reducing public access to information.

Tell Congress to undo these changes by supporting the Toxics Right-to-Know Protection Act (S. 595/H.R. 1055).

Click here to learn more about this issue.

PSR has a toxics campaign designed to reduce the amount of toxins in the environment. By working to improve laws and regulations that apply to the manufacture and use of toxic chemicals, PSR seeks to reduce exposures, especially for vulnerable populations such as children. Your immediate donation will allow us to keep you informed of important issues regarding toxics and provide opportunities for you to take action to stop toxic degredation of the environment.

Sincerely,

Physicians for Social Responsibility

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It's happening right now to the Western Shoshone people of Nevada. A mining company called Barrick Gold has been mining Shoshone lands without consent and is now expanding into Mount Tenabo and Horse Canyon, areas considered sacred to the Shoshone. Please sign the petition at:

http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/barrick?rk=HpzveHK1s5BuE

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Despite clear and continued opposition from Native communities, the American public and the environmental community, MMS is poised to lease of over 83 million acres of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas (known as the "Polar Bear" Seas) and Bristol Bay in Alaska with no realistic plan for cleaning up major oil spills http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=557312


http://www.naturecanada.ca/advocate/polar_bear.html?gclid=CJzEmdWwmI0CFQlQWAodI1nZ6g#iframe

The Petition Letter You'll be Sending:

Help Save the Polar Bear 
http://www.naturecanada.ca/advocate/polar_bear.html?gclid=CJzEmdWwmI0CFQlQWAodI1nZ6g#iframe

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Tree Free Greeting Cards

HELP US KEEP OUR FORESTS TREE-FULL Join The Movement for substainable products. Ask for them at your local greeting card store.

http://www.care2.com/news/member/577339509/559788

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My Green Click

Visit this site to have a Tree planted for free now Thank you for your support! Please check your inbox for confirmation, so that a donation can be made.

The issue of manmade global warming is a heated debate. Movie stars and politicians alike are putting the issue up for debate with movies like The 11th Hour and An Inconvenient Truth, but planting a tree is simply a good thing to do, like recycling. Trees are a beautiful natural resource and they happen to absorb carbon dioxide or CO2, a common greenhouse gas. With your help, we hope to have an impact on climate change and the world.

Check your email for updates from MyGreenClick and more ways to conserve energy and protect the environment.

- The MyGreenClick Team

http://www.care2.com/news/member/577339509/563368

Please Note This Care2 News Story. Please Plant A Tree

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Denialism

Denialism is the employment of rhetorical tactics to give the appearance of argument or legitimate debate, when in actuality there is none. These false arguments are used when one has few or no facts to support one's viewpoint against a scientific consensus or against overwhelming evidence to the contrary. They are effective in distracting from actual useful debate using emotionally appealing, but ultimately empty and illogical assertions.

http://www.care2.com/news/member/577339509/574408

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See realted article... Some three-dozen American cities across the country have lost more than one quarter of their tree canopies since 1972, according to American Forests, a Washington D.C- based nonprofit. http://www.americanforests.org

http://www.care2.com/news/member/577339509/633088

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Greater Yellowstone Wolves Delisted - Protest Now!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/806854919?z00m=13793363

Please Sign for the Cougars of Washington

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/7/take-action-washington-cougars-in-jeopardy

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Protect America's Wild Legacy

https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=557

Another lawsuit challenges Oceano Dunes use Sierra Club alleges that vehicles are off-roading illegally on county land

By David Sneed

State Parks has settled one environmental lawsuit over the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area but now faces a new one.

The Center for Biological Diversity said last week it has settled a lawsuit it filed over popular off-road vehicle charity races held at the park. On the same day, the Sierra Club filed a separate suit aimed at shutting down dune buggy riding in about a third of the park.

The local chapter of the Sierra Club’s suit alleges that State Parks illegally allows off-highway vehicles to ride on 584 acres within the park that is owned by the county but leased to the state.

The group had announced its intention to file the suit in February.

The Sierra Club maintains that coastal planning documents designate the land as a buffer zone between riding areas and ecological preserves within the park. State Parks, though, says the park’s General Plan allows for off-highway vehicle riding in the county’s so-called La Grande tract.

The suit seeks to force the removal of off-highway vehicles from the county land.

“Today, we are taking action to end the lengthy delay in making that policy into reality,” said Karen Merriam, chairwoman of the club’s Santa Lucia chapter.

The state leases the land from the county for $1 a year. State Parks plans to allow continued use of the parcel by off-highway vehicles and wants to resolve the issue by purchasing the land for $4.8 million.

State Parks officials and off-road enthusiasts argue that the county parcel has been used for riding for decades, and the park is one of the last places in the state where people can drive on the beach.

The state is in closed-door negotiations with the county to purchase the property. The lease agreement expires in June, and county supervisors recently extended sale negotiations on a month-by-month basis.

Also last week, State Parks agreed to rescind a multiyear permit for the annual Oceano Dunes Endurance Beach Race. The move settled a lawsuit filed in November by the Center for Biological Diversity.

If the Central Coast Motorcycle Association applies for a new permit to hold the race, a study will have to be done assessing the impact on rare plants and animals found in the park, said Andrew Orahoske, a conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity.

“The Oceano Dunes are important for a variety of wildlife unique to California,” he said, “and not enough is being done to safeguard them.”

The annual off-road vehicle race and jet-ski competition is held in October and attracts thousands of people. Proceeds benefit spinal cord injury research.

Before the lawsuit, State Parks determined that the event would not have a significant impact on the environment. That determination is valid through 2011.

The organizers of the event have applied for a permit for the event this year, and the department is in the process of determining exactly what type of review will be required under the California Environmental Quality Act, said Andrew Zilke, Oceano Dunes superintendent.

“It’s not a bad thing,” Zilke said. “Doing additional and more thorough review is good for us.”

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/183/story/339177.html

forgot to add link for care 2 news

http://www.care2.com/news/member/794189242/721691

thank you, Birdie

 
Kellie
- 17 minutes ago - action.panna.org

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Bush hits Utah we dont have long to add our voice

please follow link and sign the petition

please!

If the Bush administration and a Denver-based natural gas
company get their way, Utah's remarkable Nine Mile Canyon may
soon be transformed into a massive industrial zone.

We need your immediate action to halt this destructive scheme in
its tracks. The deadline for submitting comments on the plan is
May 1!

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/redrock/takeaction
right away and tell the Bureau of Land Management to reject this
disastrous proposal, which would put more than 800 new natural
gas wells in the Greater Nine Mile Canyon area -- home to the
greatest concentration of rock art sites in America.

The BLM has just released a study that grossly underestimates
the impacts of proposed natural gas development on the region's
irreplaceable cultural and natural values.

The plan calls for drilling non-federal wells in Nine Mile
Canyon itself, along with dozens if not hundreds of wells in
side canyons and other public wildlands now being considered for
designation as a national historic district.

Nearly 200 wells would be drilled in the remarkable
wilderness-quality lands of the Desolation and Jack canyons.

As a result of existing natural gas drilling in the Nine Mile
Canyon region, compressor stations already run nonstop and
dozens if not hundreds of heavy trucks hustle up and down the
canyon around the clock.

Yet despite the serious threat of expanding these activities
into the Desolation and Jack Canyon wildlands, the Bureau of
Land Management has failed to propose protection for them as
"wilderness study areas."

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/redrock/takeaction
and urge Bush administration officials to protect the natural
and cultural values of Nine Mile Canyon.

Thank you for taking action to safeguard this vital stretch of
America's Redrock Wilderness.

Sincerely,

Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

PLease sign:    

thank you, Birdie 

Right now the U.S. Senate is considering legislation (S. 2834)
that would permanently protect a spectacular stretch of
wildlands in southwestern Utah. But the bill doesn't go nearly
far enough and we need your help to make it stronger -- before
the Senate casts its vote!

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/redrock/takeaction
and tell your senators to oppose S. 2834 unless its flaws are
fixed.

As written now, the Washington County Growth and Conservation
Act fails to protect over half of the county's proposed
wilderness-quality lands.

In addition, the bill does not sufficiently protect desert
tortoise habitat in the Mojave Desert or currently protected
wilderness-quality lands near Zion National Park against damage
from off-road vehicles.

The bill also proposes to sell off up to 14 square miles of
America's public wildlands, the majority of which are not
currently identified for sale.

Go to http://www.savebiogems.org/redrock/takeaction
right now and urge your senators not to support S. 2834 until
these shortcomings are addressed.

Thank you for speaking out in defense of Utah's spectacular
redrock country.

Sincerely,

Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/biogems_redrock_0408_b

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/protection-not-destruction

We need your help to protect the legendary quiet and beauty of Dinosaur National Monument!  We recently discovered that the Vernal Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved an Environmental Assessment (EA) which would allow Parallel Petroleum to drill an exploratory gas well in an area we are working to

Split Mountain, viewed from inside Dinosaur National Monument
photo by Scott Braden

Please take a moment to send a message to Kent Hoffman, Deputy State Director; of the Division of Lands & Minerals, Utah State BLM Office, by clicking here. Ask him to send this EA back to the Vernal BLM Field Office, for further comment and review.

Thank you for helping to protect Utah's special places! 

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On Kuiu and Admiralty Islands in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, there is a kind of animal that exists nowhere else in the world. And these bushy-tailed forest dwellers -- a unique type of coastal marten -- need plenty of undisturbed habitat to survive.

Unfortunately, the Bush/Cheney Administration is working to lock in place a plan that would allow timber companies to destroy important parts of the old-growth forest habitat for these coastal martens with clearcuts and new logging roads.

Help us save martens and other forest wildlife! Urge U.S. Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell to protect roadless areas and old-growth forests in the Tongass National Forest -- and the martens and other forest wildlife that live there.     

The Bush plan sets the stage for logging 5 times the timber currently cut on the Tongass -- including habitat for martens and many of the undisturbed old-growth stands that form the heart of the Tongass’s still trackless expanses.

Logging deals a severe blow to martens, which cannot live in fragmented forests or cleared areas. Marten experts believe that these special forest mammals cannot live in areas without at least 50-60% canopy cover -- a far cry from what would be left after a clearcut.

But these unique coastal martens aren’t the only species threatened by the Bush plan for the Tongass. Giant grizzly bears, thriving salmon runs, bald eagles, Queen Charlotte goshawks, and the elusive Alexander Archipelago wolf would all lose important habitat under the plan. 

Speak out for wildlife in the Tongass. Send your message to the Forest Service now.

Defenders and its environmental partners have filed appeals asking the Forest Service to reconsider the Tongass plan, include protections for old-growth forests and roadless areas and acknowledge the impacts of climate change. The public comment period for demanding these protections ends on Tuesday, July 15th. That means we have just four days to oppose the Bush/Cheney Administration’s awful logging plans for the Tongass National Forest and protect the forest home of martens and other wildlife, so please take action today!

Thanks for taking the time to help martens and other forest wildlife…

Rodger Schlickeisen
President
Defenders of Wildlife

Please help protect the environment and taxpayer investments in soil quality, water quality, and wildlife habitat.
Help Protect Land Conservation Program and Your Tax Investment!

http://action.environmentaldefense.org/campaign/crp?qp_source=an1

Say NO to California offshore oil drilling

Dear Illinois citizen,

    Governor Rod Blagojevich recently announced the closure of 11 state parks. This irresponsible act will have negative impacts to our State, local communities, and citizens’ quality of life and health.

    Illinois citizens need to band together to help protect our state parks and keep them open beyond the November 1 doomsday announced by Governor Blagojevich.

    I encourage you to sign this petition and send an e-mail to Governor Blagojevich demanding that he reconsider his decision to close these state parks. Online democracy and petitions work, and past efforts have saved Plum Island, kept blended sewage out of Lake Michigan, and, most recently, stopped an undeserved pay raise to elected Illinois officials.

    Together, we can make the will of the people the law of the land and save our state parks.

Thank you,

Pat Quinn
Lt. Governor of Illinois

http://standingupforillinois.org/saveourparks/

please sign, thank you...