Logging: A gift from a departing administration

Further to the post below, The Wilderness Society is urgently asking people to sign a petition to stop the Bureau of Land Management opening up ancient forests in Oregon to logging. It says:

The federal Bureau of Land Management has just proposed opening thousands of acres of forests in western Oregon to logging. It's a handoff to the timber industry, a huge loss to endangered species, and to the American public.

But there's still time to object! Your voice is absolutely critical in showing that the public cares about what happens to these forests. The BLM needs to know that Americans will not stand for degrading our streams and rivers, or the sale of some of our last ancient forests to the timber industry.

Info and the petition can be found on the society's website.

Comments

[R Lopez]

Haven't we as a country done enough to the depletion of the earth. It is so sad to see how we are destroying our remaining resources because we continue to be enslaved by the dollar. Once life is destoyed because of continued greed, I wonder what will be man's next move. Lets try to save what is left of this precious planet and not succumb to destruction.

[Penny McCrea]

You get no argument from me. And if Obama keeps his promises, we may yet reverse the destruction done to the natural environment.