Huge forest sell-off plan in works, Bush seeks power ‘to liquidate at will,’ RFK Jr. warns
Just received this announcement and plea for funding from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:
Dear NRDC BioGems Defender,
If the Bush administration gets its way, you can say goodbye to 300,000 acres of our national forests. They’ll be going on the auction block to raise $800 million in fast cash to plug holes in this administration’s out-of-control budget.
You and your family stand to lose the most from the president’s outrageous proposal. That’s because you live in one of the 35 states that have been targeted by the White House for this unprecedented fire sale of America’s
national forests.
Unless we fight back now, the next time you visit your local national forest to hike or camp or picnic, you could find a “No Trespassing” sign at the entrance or a brand new strip mall where a forest used to stand.
This threat has grown even more dangerous in recent weeks. The Bush administration has rushed legislation to Capitol Hill that would give the president the power to start liquidating our national forests at will — to treat them as little more than giant ATM machines.
NRDC needs your immediate support to stop this unconscionable proposal in its tracks.
Please go to https://www.savebiogems.org/lands/donate_a.asp
right now and make a donation to help ramp up our campaign to save America’s forests.
Your gift will enable NRDC to alert and educate millions of people in those states that stand to lose some of their most valuable national forest lands . . . mobilize grassroots opposition in all 50 states . . . and generate
massive political pressure in Washington.
Remember: once our national forest lands are sold off, they will be closed to you and me forever.
Please join me in fighting to keep our natural heritage off the auction block.
Let’s make sure that President Bush and Congress understand that our natural heritage is not for sale!
Sincerely,
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Senior Attorney
Natural Resources Defense Council
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