permaculture

[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

I don't normally forward these, but auctioning off wilderness to pay  
for Iraq is dispicable...

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., NRDC BioGems"  
> <biogemsdefenders@savebiogems.org>
> Date: March 21, 2006 1:22:56 PM CST
> To: dtv@mwt.net
> 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
> biogemsdefenders@savebiogems.org with "Please remove my name" in  
> the subject
> line.