MikeN
12-15-2004, 11:03 PM
Whether or not y'all support or don't support this environmental football, the road less rule does affect our sport too. MikeN
Read On.
It starts out with a letter from Dan Jacobson to the California public and news papers.
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Dan Jacobson, Environment California Legislative Director" <DanJ@environmentcalifornia.org>
Subject: Environment California : don't let our Governor become the timbernator
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:46:42 -0500
Dear Environment California supporter,
The battle for our forests lands continues. You did a great job last week submitting letters to the editor, and a whopping 17 letters were printed this weekend in papers up and down the state.
In our meeting with the Governor this Monday I handed in all the letters to make sure his staff saw them. Unfortunately, there is a lot of pressure from timber and mining interests to open up many of these areas for drilling and mining. We have heard this issue has risen to the top of concerns for the Governor - largely because of your emails and letters - and in the cabinet meeting on Thursday they will be discussing this very issue.
Now, more than ever before, we need to keep the pressure up. We can't let our Governor become the "timbernator." This time, the Governor needs to really see how important national forests are to Californians. If you have a picture of friends or family at a national forest enjoying the outdoors, please take a moment to send a copy of this picture to the Governor, along with a note saying "Don't become the timbernator. Please uphold the Roadless Rule."
You can send your picture and note to the Governor by sending an email at governor@governor.ca.gov, a fax at 916-445-4633, or snail mail to:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Thanks again for all your support. Together we're working to make sure that our Governor protects our national forests.
BACKGROUND
This past July, the Bush administration proposed to repeal protections for 58.5 million acres of America's pristine national forests, including 4.416 million acres in California. The Bush administration proposal would allow many of President Bush's top campaign contributors in the timber, mining and oil industries to log, mine, and drill in pristine areas that provide 60 million Americans with clean drinking water and provide habitat for over 1600 endangered species. Even for an administration that has weakened so many environmental and public health protections, this proposal is extreme.
Governor Schwarzenegger recently announced that he will not seek protections for roadless areas in California's national forests. Due to overwhelming public outcry, he is now reconsidering his position.
The Roadless Rule was finalized after decades of scientific study, 600 public hearings, and 1.6 million comments in support of the rule. It is the most popular conservation initiative in our nation's history; more than 2.5 million Americans have submitted comment supporting the rule. In this past public comment period over 230,000 Californians voiced their support for this rule, bring the total number of Californians who have supported the rule to over 415,000.
This support has reached into every sector of society. Even major wood products consumers like Staples, K.B. Homes and Hayward Lumber think logging America's last pristine forests makes so little sense that they've written the Bush administration to urge protection of America's roadless national forests. Now, it's only extremist elements of the timber, oil and mining industries that support logging these areas - but it's those elements that the Bush administration is listening to.
You can take action by emailing a picture of you and your family or friends at a national forest to the Governor at governor@governor.ca.gov, by faxing it to 916-445-4633, or by sending it snail mail to:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814.
Remember. What usually starts in California, winds up here in the east.
MikeN
Read On.
It starts out with a letter from Dan Jacobson to the California public and news papers.
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Dan Jacobson, Environment California Legislative Director" <DanJ@environmentcalifornia.org>
Subject: Environment California : don't let our Governor become the timbernator
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:46:42 -0500
Dear Environment California supporter,
The battle for our forests lands continues. You did a great job last week submitting letters to the editor, and a whopping 17 letters were printed this weekend in papers up and down the state.
In our meeting with the Governor this Monday I handed in all the letters to make sure his staff saw them. Unfortunately, there is a lot of pressure from timber and mining interests to open up many of these areas for drilling and mining. We have heard this issue has risen to the top of concerns for the Governor - largely because of your emails and letters - and in the cabinet meeting on Thursday they will be discussing this very issue.
Now, more than ever before, we need to keep the pressure up. We can't let our Governor become the "timbernator." This time, the Governor needs to really see how important national forests are to Californians. If you have a picture of friends or family at a national forest enjoying the outdoors, please take a moment to send a copy of this picture to the Governor, along with a note saying "Don't become the timbernator. Please uphold the Roadless Rule."
You can send your picture and note to the Governor by sending an email at governor@governor.ca.gov, a fax at 916-445-4633, or snail mail to:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Thanks again for all your support. Together we're working to make sure that our Governor protects our national forests.
BACKGROUND
This past July, the Bush administration proposed to repeal protections for 58.5 million acres of America's pristine national forests, including 4.416 million acres in California. The Bush administration proposal would allow many of President Bush's top campaign contributors in the timber, mining and oil industries to log, mine, and drill in pristine areas that provide 60 million Americans with clean drinking water and provide habitat for over 1600 endangered species. Even for an administration that has weakened so many environmental and public health protections, this proposal is extreme.
Governor Schwarzenegger recently announced that he will not seek protections for roadless areas in California's national forests. Due to overwhelming public outcry, he is now reconsidering his position.
The Roadless Rule was finalized after decades of scientific study, 600 public hearings, and 1.6 million comments in support of the rule. It is the most popular conservation initiative in our nation's history; more than 2.5 million Americans have submitted comment supporting the rule. In this past public comment period over 230,000 Californians voiced their support for this rule, bring the total number of Californians who have supported the rule to over 415,000.
This support has reached into every sector of society. Even major wood products consumers like Staples, K.B. Homes and Hayward Lumber think logging America's last pristine forests makes so little sense that they've written the Bush administration to urge protection of America's roadless national forests. Now, it's only extremist elements of the timber, oil and mining industries that support logging these areas - but it's those elements that the Bush administration is listening to.
You can take action by emailing a picture of you and your family or friends at a national forest to the Governor at governor@governor.ca.gov, by faxing it to 916-445-4633, or by sending it snail mail to:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814.
Remember. What usually starts in California, winds up here in the east.
MikeN