Well folks, it's time once again for those of us who care about
our forests to rise up and speak out. As you know, in late July ,
Clinton signed the reccisions bill which contained the sufficiency rider:
another rider from hell. This rider suspends every known environmental
law or regulation until January 1, 1997. For those of you who have not
seen an actual copy of the rider, below, I have included the actual
"suffciency language."
(i) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS: The documents and procedures
required by this section for the preparation, advertisement
offering, awarding, and operation of any salvage timber sale
subject to subsection (b) and any timber sale under subsection
(d) shall hereby be deemed to satisfy the requirements of the
following applicable Federal Laws (and regulations implementing
such laws):
(1) The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Act of 1974
(2) The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(3) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(4) The Endangered Species Act of 1973
(5) The National Forest Management Act of 1976
(6) The Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960
(7) Any compact, executive aggreement, convention, treaty,
and international aggreement, and implementing legislation
related thereto; and
(8) All other applicable Federal environmental and natural
resource laws.
We must work together to urge those in power to repeal the
sufficiency rider. I live in Southern Oregon, and the effects of this
rider are already beggining as the Ancient Forests are the first targeted
by the industry. Less than 50 miles from my house, 6000 and 700 year
old trees are being felled by the thousands. First it was Ronan Dunn,
then it was Sugarloaf, next in line is China Left. These timber sales
are taking place in green, healthy, old-grwoth forests, not the
beetle-killed, drought-stricken stands that the suffiency rider
supposedly addresses. The bottom line--there is no money is salvage
sales, this bill was designed to be the final assault on what little is
left of our nation's old-growth forests. In fact, in a recent public
disclosure, Boise Cascade, Weyerhauser, and other big mills here in
Jackson county, have admitted that they have cut all of the old-growth
from there own lands, and, accordingly, they have succeeded in have their
tax assessments drastically reduced. (Boise Cascade's 120,000 acres in
Jackson County were valued at $22 million last year, this year they are
assesed at less than $3 million)
Write, FAX, call, or e-mail President Clinton TODAY! and urge him
to repeal the sufficiency rider. Last spring, we were able to generate
over 30,000 e-mails to the Whitehouse urging Clinton to veto the bill (he
said he would--but then waffled) we need to rally together once again
and do everytning in our power to repeal this dangerous law.
President Clinton:
email- president@whitehouse.gov
FAX- (202) 456-2883
Comment Line- (202) 456-1111
Katie McGinty (Whitehouse Staff to Council on Environmental Quality)
(202) 456-6224
Bruce Babbitt (Secretary of the Interior)
(202) 208-7351
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!!!!!
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