Sierra Club Currents -- Lewis & Clark Days Sweep the West
Volume II, #46
Tuesday, June 18

"There is nothing fair about the National Monuments Fairness Act...If
Congress wants to be fair, it should pass legislation to permanently
protect National Monuments and the historical, cultural and natural
treasures they contain."

Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director


Take Action to Protect our National Monument Lands

It's crunch time for our National Monuments.  A bill is coming to the House
floor tomorrow which would weaken a key conservation tool for protecting
the crown jewels of America's Western public lands.  This could expose our
National Monument lands to oil and gas exploration, mining, and unregulated
off-road vehicle use, forever degrading the areas' quality of wildlife
habitat.

Contact your member of Congress and urge them to oppose H.R. 2114, the
so-called National Monuments Fairness Act.  Urge them also to oppose any
other efforts to weaken environmental protections on our newly-designated
National Monuments.

Click below to send an email directly to your senators.  There's a draft
provided.
http://whistler.sierraclub.org/action/?alid=170

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