pretty much everything in this is junk...

The quote they have at the end should show their true feelings about nature worshipping...


> Subject: NEWS: Roadless Rule Legislation Imminent
>
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> * WILDALERT
> * Thursday, May 16, 2002
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>
> Dear WildAlert Subscriber,
>
> In an effort to end Bush Administration attempts to undermine the
> implementation of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a bi-partisan
> group in Congress is proposing a bill to enact the Rule into law.
>
> The legislation, titled "The National Forest Roadless Area
> Conservation Act of 2002," may be introduced in Congress as early as
> next week by Reps. Jay Inslee (D-WA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), and
> a number of co-sponsors.
>
> It is clear that without legislative action, the 58.5 million acres
> of national forest roadless areas that the Roadless Rule will
> protect will remain at risk from legal and administrative measures
> influenced by a minority of special interest industries. "The
> National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2002" is
> environmentally sound legislation that provides a balanced approach
> to managing these pristine lands.
>
> BACKGROUND
> The Roadless Area Conservation Rule prohibits road building and
> logging in national forest roadless areas with some exceptions, such
> as logging to reduce the risk of unnaturally intense fires. It was
> adopted on January 12, 2001, but remains unimplemented and
> undefended by the Bush administration, despite wide popular support
> for the rule.
>
> In the last several months the administration has taken further
> steps to undermine the rule by issuing a number of directives that
> undercut its basic tenets, including procedures that abolish
> existing safeguards for roadless areas, and allow for more
> environmentally destructive road construction on our national
> forests.
>
> BROAD SUPPORT FOR THE ROADLESS RULE
> The American people have consistently demonstrated their support for
> strong protection of the last 30 percent of wildlands on America's
> national forests. To date, more than 2.3 million comments have been
> received by the Forest Service with upwards of 95 percent of the
> response in favor of the strongest protections possible for these
> last acres of wild forest lands.
>
> The rule is also widely supported among scientists, religious
> leaders and Congress. Four hundred of our nation's most esteemed
> scientists sent a letter to then President Clinton detailing the
> need for this effort. More than 2,000 members and leaders of
> America's faith communities followed suit, as did hundreds of
> locally elected officials throughout the country.
>
> THE THREAT TO ROADLESS AREAS
> It is clear that without legislative action, the 58.5 million acres
> of national forest roadless areas will remain at risk from the legal
> and administrative measures influenced by a minority of special
> interest industries. Already, a number of roadless areas from Alaska
> to Illinois are facing impending threats of invasive road
> construction, the clearcuts of commercial logging, as well as new
> leases for oil and gas exploration and drilling.
>
> HOW YOU CAN HELP:
> In coming weeks, we will send you an alert asking for you to thank
> key champions of this bill. In the meantime, if you have friends
> who care about forest wildlands and who may not yet know about
> WildAlert, please forward this message to them.
>
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>
> "Trees give peace to the souls of men." -Nora Waln
>
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