Schwarzenegger supports rollback of Roadless Rule

The Roadless Rule protects
58.5 million acres of national forests around the country. Under the
governor's announcement, 2.5 million acres of California's national forests
are now vulnerable to road building and logging.

Email Governor Schwarzenegger and ask him to stand up for California's
forests by supporting the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Then, ask your
friends and family to do the same by forwarding this email to them.

To take action, click on the link below or paste it into your web browser:
http://www.EnvironmentCalifornia.org/alerts/route.asp?id=234&id4=ES


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.

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.

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.

Take a moment and ask Governor Schwarzenegger to stand up for California's
forests by supporting the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Then, ask your
friends and family to do the same by forwarding this email to them.

To take action, click on the link below or paste it into your web browser:
http://www.EnvironmentCalifornia.org/alerts/route.asp?id=234&id4=ES