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<DIV class=RTE></DIV><BR>Dear NRDC BioGems Defender,<BR><BR>I need your help to persuade California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to be a <BR>savior, not a terminator, of California's and America's last wild forests.<BR><BR>The governor campaigned on protecting forests but has acquiesced as the Bush <BR>administration prepares to strip 58 million acres (4.4 million in California <BR>alone) of pristine, unroaded forests of their protection against roadbuilding, <BR>logging and drilling.<BR><BR>Governor Schwarzenegger says he wants to capture "the center" of American <BR>politics by being a champion of the environment. And he has indeed shown <BR>leadership on popular state laws that will combat global warming and protect <BR>marine life.<BR><BR>But apparently he hasn't registered how much Americans care for their national <BR>forests.<BR><BR>The governor's inaction has made it easier for
President Bush to advance his <BR>appalling plan for terminating our last wild forests and throwing them open to <BR>greed-driven timber and energy corporations.<BR><BR>It's time that Governor Schwarzenegger heard from hundreds of thousands of <BR>people in all 50 states who want to save our last wild forests. Please go to <BR><A href="javascript:ol('http://www.savebiogems.org/takeaction.asp');"><FONT color=#000099>http://www.savebiogems.org/takeaction.asp</FONT></A><BR>right now and send a message telling the governor to speak for the bipartisan <BR>majority by publicly opposing President Bush's plan.<BR><BR>If influential officials like the governor let him, the president will <BR>eliminate the hugely popular Roadless Area Conservation Rule that protects <BR>unspoiled national forest lands from coast to coast.<BR><BR>From California's Sierra Nevada to the Appalachian Trail, from
Alaska's Tongass <BR>to the Rocky Mountains, this historic measure protects some of America's <BR>greatest sanctuaries for wildlife and people so that their timeless beauty will <BR>remain untouched forever.<BR><BR>The Bush administration is trying to open the floodgates to massive timber and <BR>energy sales that would send an armada of bulldozers, chainsaws and gas rigs <BR>into these last untrammeled forests.<BR><BR>Please go to <A href="javascript:ol('http://www.savebiogems.org/takeaction.asp');"><FONT color=#000099>http://www.savebiogems.org/takeaction.asp</FONT></A><BR>right now and tell Governor Schwarzenegger to stand up for California's and all <BR>of America's national forests.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>John H. Adams<BR>President<BR>Natural Resources Defense Council<BR><BR>. . . <BR><BR>BioGems: Saving Endangered Wild Places <BR>A project of the Natural Resources Defense
Council<BR><A href="javascript:ol('http://www.savebiogems.org/');"><FONT color=#000099>http://www.savebiogems.org</FONT></A><BR><BR>Note: We appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you and other NRDC <BR>BioGems Defenders, but if you would prefer not to receive BioGems updates or <BR>hear from BioGems activists in the field, you can send an email message to<BR>biogemsdefenders@savebiogems.org with "Please remove my name" in the subject <BR>line.<BR><BR>To update your information, including your email or mailing address, log in to <BR>your Action Log at <A href="javascript:ol('http://www.savebiogems.org/actionlog/');"><FONT color=#000099>http://www.savebiogems.org/actionlog/</FONT></A> and click "Update your <BR>info."<BR><BR><BR>Rabiah Al Nur
<DIV></DIV>Spring of Light
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