The Bush administration has recently announced plans to gut the widely popular Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects 58.5 million acres of pristine national forests from most logging and road-building, and to radically change the way our national forests are currently managed by changing the National Forest Management Act.

If we're going to stop the Bush administration from letting the timber industry destroy our last wild forests, we need to take action. We expect Congress to vote soon on two amendments that would protect our national forests from these harmful proposals put forward by the Bush administration.

Please take a moment to ask your U.S. Representative to stand up for our last wild forests. Then, ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.

To take action, click on this link: pirg.org/alerts/route.asp?id=11&id4=OHFreep

The Bush administration recently announced plans to gut the widely popular Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects 58.5 million acres of pristine national forests from most logging and road-building. The administration's proposal would exempt Alaska's Tongass Rainforest – America's largest national forest – from the Roadless Rule and would allow state governors to seek exemptions for forests in their states, giving governors decision-making power over natural treasures owned by all Americans.

The Bush administration has also proposed new regulations for the National Forest Management Act that would radically change the way our national forests are managed. The proposed regulations would weaken environmental and wildlife protections and limit public involvement. These proposed regulations are nothing more than another handout to the timber industry that could lead to increased logging of our last wild forests.

If we're going to stop the Bush administration from letting the timber industry destroy our last wild forests, we need to take action. We expect Congress to vote soon on two amendments that would protect our national forests from the harmful proposals put forward by the Bush administration. The Roadless Area Conservation Amendment would protect roadless areas in our national forests from road-building and logging and the Tom Udall amendment would stop the attack on the National Forest Management Act.

Please take a moment to ask your representative to stand up for our last wild forests. Then, ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.

To take action, click on this link: pirg.org/alerts/route.asp?id=11&id4=OHFreep