Date: Aug 10, 2006 2:47 PM
Hi Cynthia,
The Bush administration recently announced plans to sell off at least 800,000 acres of our national forest to raise cash for the federal budget.
The outcry over the sale is growing quickly. Several ex-Forest Service chiefs wrote to Congress urging that the plan be thrown out. Several senators have voiced outrage and pledged to stop the sell off. We're getting stronger - but we haven't built up enough strength yet to kill the plan outright.
Please ask your senators to stop the sale on our heritage lands. Then, ask your friends and family to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
Take action! Click on the link below or paste it into your browser:
http://www.earth-tones.com/earthtones.asp?id=4&id4=ESBackground
The White House plan could affect national forest land in 35 states. And another federal agency, the Bureau of Land Management, has orders to find buyers for another $350 million worth of additional public land.
In a letter to Congress last week, the former Forest Service chiefs warned that approving the sale, bad enough on its own merits, was a slippery slope. If the Bush plan succeeds, they cautioned, Congress will feel free to turn to our wild heritage any time the government runs short on cash.
Ask your senators to stop the White House proposal and to approach Sen. Pete Domenici, the powerful chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which will vote on the sell-off scheme. Despite mounting public pressure, Sen. Domenici has so far failed to publicly oppose the plan.
Take action! Click on the link below or paste it into your browser:
http://www.earth-tones.com/earthtones.asp?id=4&id4=ESSincerely,
Doug Vincent
Earth Tones Operations Director
DougV@earth-tones.com
http://www.EarthTones.comP.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.