Tuesday, August 22, 2006

YOU SHOULD JOIN

Here are two organizations that lovers of the natural environment, the remaining wilderness, the last great places, should join.If you aren't familiar with their work, check them out .


In a recent mailer to its members, the Wilderness Society made this statement: "...The Bush Administration wants to use our irreplaceable lands like a piggy bank to pay our nation's debts, proposing to sell off nearly 800,000 acres of public lands and National Forests to developers, Big Oil, the timber industry -- whomever is willing to pay the most.


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scot s w said...

While I'm not in favor of treating America's vast portfolio of public lands as inviolable, holy ground, I do think that the current Republican administration only views public lands for their short-term extractive value.

If they actually did sell federal lands to the highest bidder, that would be something. Many of the contracts awarded seem to be sweetheart deals allowing major companies to rape our landscape for a fraction of the market value of these resources.

8/22/2006 3:28 PM

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