vision2020@moscow.com: Re: Roadless Moratorium

Re: Roadless Moratorium

Neil Meyer (NMEYER@novell.uidaho.edu)
Fri, 6 Mar 1998 13:44:38 PST

Why would one want to sign this petition? I would appreciate some
reasons to sign. Neil Meyer

> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 16:13:51 -0800 (PST)
> From: Donna Anderson <ande9584@uidaho.edu>
> Reply-to: Donna Anderson <ande9584@uidaho.edu>
> To: Greg Meyer <klewprod@valley-internet.net>
> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: Roadless Moratorium

> To All Visiionaries,
>
> March 30 Deadline: The countdown is on for the public to comment on the
> government's proposed road building moratorium on our national forests.
> The Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC-Idaho) is circulating a
> petition that reads:
>
> PETITION
>
> to the United States Legislation and Forest Service
>
> ROADS ON OUR NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS
>
> We support a complete 18-month road building moratorium on all of our
> national public forests. We insist that during this moratorium, the U.S.
> Forest Service establish a legally binding and enforceable road policy
> based on biologically sound science. We call for immediate remediation of
> our public forests and ask that you legislate and manage our forests with
> only their sound ecological and biological health as priority over and
> above any and all special interest. We have nothing to gain financially by
> signing this petition. We seek these initiatives for the sole welfare and
> benefit of our public lands, now and in the future.
>
>
>
> Any Visionaries wanting to sign can find petitions in Moscow at Gambino's
> and The Food Co-op. SEAC will be petitioning during the parade at Mardi
> Gras and from now until the March 30th deadline throughout Idaho. We will
> also have petitions available at the Non-Profit Weekend in the Palouse
> Empire Mall. There will be a Forest Service public meeting regarding this
> proposed moratorium in C'dA on March 19, 1-7 PM, Idaho Panhandle National
> Forests, 3815 Schreiber Way, Coeur d'Alene for anyone interested in
> attending.
>
> All petitions will be delivered to the Forest Service, with
> copies of each going to Sen. Larry Craig and Rep. Helen Chenoweth.
>
> Thanks
> /donna anderson
>
>
>
>


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