Ask your Representative to Stand up for Roadless Area Protection!!

Bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives will soon introduce legislation that would protect America's Roadless wildlands. This is especially critical since the Bush Administration recently repealed the Roadless Rule put in place in 2001.

TAKE ACTION: Call your Representative today at 202-224-3121 and ask them to become an original cosponsor of the 2005 National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act today. You can also contact your Representative via email by visiting http://www.house.gov/.

Background
In May 2005, the Bush Administration repealed the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which prohibited most road-building and resource extraction on 58.5 million acres of National Forests. Under the new Bush Administration plan, state governors are required to petition the Forest Service with their recommendations for which roadless areas in their states should be considered for protection. These petitions are a non-binding process, where the Forest Service is free to accept, reject or modify them at will. Click here for more background info.

Activist Tools
To view the congressional "Dear Colleague" letter asking Representatives to become a co-sponsor of the Roadless http://www.ourforests.org/risk/DearColleague_5-10-05.pdf

For sample talking points about the Roadless Rule and about the Bush Administration's recent actions go to: http://www.americanlands.org/documents/1090963619_samptalkrdless.pdf

For an analysis of the new Bush Roadless Rule go to: http://www.wilderness.org/Library/Documents/upload/Roadless_StatePetition_Analysis.pdf

To find out how many acres of Inventoried Roadless Areas exist in your State go to: http://www.ourforests.org/local/>http://www.ourforests.org/local/