Speak up for our Biogems
I’ve been a "Biogems Defender" at the Natural Resources Defense Council for some time. I encourage you to join. You will get notices of pending environmental issues, complete with easy "speak up" tools. This environment is the only one we’ve got, and we’re losing ground fast.
Their online news page is kept updated.
Here is the most recent alert in my inbox:
The Bush administration wants to escalate logging, oil exploration and grazing in our last unspoiled western wildlands by cutting the public out of the review process. We need your immediate action to help block this reckless proposal, which would have devastating impacts for the fragile Redrock Wilderness and other outstanding BioGem wildlands across the West.
Tell the Bureau of Land Management to abide by the law and let concerned citizens participate in the debate over the future of these natural treasures. And please send your message immediately. The BLM is taking comments only until this Friday!
Unbridled grazing and logging in this region and throughout our Yellowstone/Greater Rockies BioGem would take a disastrous toll, laying waste to streams and native forests. By silencing the public’s voice, the BLM would clear the way for 60,000- pound "thumper trucks" in search of oil and gas to crash through the Redrock desert, marring its delicate soils and destroying crucial habitat for pronghorns and bighorn sheep.
Please demand that the Bureau of Land Management cease this unlawful attack on our right to speak out for our nation’s most spectacular wildlands and wildlife. At the same time, urge the agency to extend the comment period for this important issue by another 30 days.
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