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Oregon is home to some of the most
spectacular forests in our country. These
public forests provide clean drinking water,
unimaginable beauty, and jobs in management, fire
safety and tourism. Due to a
back-door deal with the timber industry, over 2
million acres of Oregon's national forests -
managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -
are at risk. The federal government is attempting
to remove environmental protections from public
lands in the Cascade, Siskiyou and Coastal
mountains.
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Greetings!
Merry Christmas folks, and just like
Santa Claus, "Greenies" have to take action on who
has been good and who's been bad! In this case its
King George Bush and the BLM...a very naughty
duo! The "Green Movement" has just two
weeks to mount an aggressive letter and telephone
campaign to save millions of acres of forest
in Oregon. As a veteran of the 1991 Redwood
Summer and countless ecological campaigns since, I
am personally asking for your direct
involvement. Its time to start the new
year with a clear green signal... "action in
defense of wilderness!" Click here to
get a sample letter and all the info
you will need:>> Save Ancient
Forests Toolkit
Thanks to Christopher Daugherty and Scott
Badenoch, the gentlemen who have assembled all the
information to launch this campaign (background,
sample letters, addresses, media, govt. officials,
etc.) here >>Save Ancient
Forests Toolkit
~Green Regards,
Joseph B. Malki
Co-Founder/Partner
Seven-Star, Inc.
Background: The BLM
administers 2.6 million acres (close to 5,000
square miles) of forested land in western
Oregon. Much of this BLM land consists of
low-elevation forests, in contrast to the
mountainous acreage found in the surrounding
National Forests. BLM forests in western
Oregon contain many key watersheds for salmon
recovery and recreational havens. They are also
home to nearly 1 million acres of the remaining
ancient, old-growth forests in the Pacific
Northwest.
The BLM has now embarked on a plan to
remove protection for old-growth and streamside
forests on these public lands. These proposed
changes to the Northwest Forest Plan will increase
logging of mature and old-growth forest and lead
to water pollution, degraded habitat, and likely
increased conflict and controversy. The
elimination of forest, stream, soil and wildlife
protections will have lasting effects to the
ecology in Oregon.
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