Monday, December 1, 2008
Destroying Wilderness
Destroying Wilderness
The Wilderness Society was established in 1935 for the expressed purpose of protecting wilderness areas in the U.S. The Society was responsible for the passage of the landmark Wilderness Act of 1964 that remains, still, the law of the land.
Specifically, the Wilderness Act put under protection 107 million acres of wilderness in the continental U.S., and an additional 56 million acres in Alaska.
Recently, the Wilderness Society sent its members an email alerting all to the effort of the current administration to convert more than 2 million acres in the forests of Western Oregon to commercial logging.
To learn about the specific of the pristine and critically essential Oregon forests (as well as specifics on the Alaskan acreage) visit the Society's web site.
What is important here is to hear your opinion of the wilderness versus logging issue. Let us know, pro or con, what you think. Do you agree with the current administration’s plans? What course should the incoming administration take in this issue?
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5 comments:
George W. Bush should have been impeached long ago. He's destroyed nearly everything that he's been able to influence, and it would appear that his treachery will not end. If I didn't love trees so much , I would suggest that the trees surrounding his new home in Dallas be eliminated. If Bush hadn't caused so many national problems with which we are now preoccupied, I would hope that the issues of impeaching this man would receive prime time attention of national lawmakers.
Rather than chopping down trees the government ought to cut the unusual privledges they have given to the financial industry with our money, starting with CEO salaries.
George W. Bush will go down in history as America's worst environmental president.
Martha is correct...read the Robert Kennedy book, Crimes Against Nature, to apreciate just how ignorant and negligent Bush has been.
It is truly a shame that the so-called leaders of our country become (in)famous or establish "legacies" based on the destruction of the earth. We only have one damn it - leave it alone now! The "before it's too late" mantra of the past 20 years didn't change much of anything. World leaders are taking too much for granted and their "power" is like a drug - they just need more and more. Unfortunately the resource (the earth in this case) is about dried up in many respects.
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