The Bush Administrations continued its Rainforest Campaign by issuing
Threemile Logging Project this week, the first timber sale issued in
previously protected area of rainforest

[On June 16, 2004 the House voted (222-205) to end taxpayer subsidized
road-building and logging in the Tongass National Forest. Before the
prohibition can go into effect, the U.S. Senate must approve the measure as
well.]

TAKE ACTION: Tell Forest Service Chief Bosworth that you OPPOSE ALL ROADLESS
AREA LOGGING in the Tongass National Forest! Heres what you can do to help:

1. Email Chief Bosworth - [log in to unmask], you can send online at:
http://capwiz.com/awc/issues/alert/?alertid=6099011

OR

2. Call Chief Bosworth (202) 205-1661. Tell the Chief that you oppose ALL
logging projects in roadless areas of the Tongass National Forest including
the Three Mile project and the soon to be released Gravina Island logging
project.

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The Bush Administration has issued (July 2004) the Record of Decision for
the Threemile logging project, the first timber sale in an area of the
rainforest which had previously been protected from new road construction
and commercial logging.

This sale is a sign that the Bush administration is intent on propping up,
with taxpayer dollars, a declining commercial timber industry says Laurie
Cooper of the Alaska Rainforest Campaign. The public has said logging
pristine areas in America's rainforest is the wrong policy and the U.S.
House of Representatives has agreed. Unfortunately, the Bush administration
refuses to listen.

On June 16, 2004 the House voted (222-205) to end taxpayer subsidized
road-building and logging in the Tongass National Forest. Before the
prohibition can go into effect, the U.S. Senate must approve the measure as
well.

The proposed Threemile Timber Sale would log over 650 acres of pristine
coastal rainforest and would build over 8 miles of new road into the
extraordinary Rocky Pass and Camden on north Kuiu Island. Kuiu Island is
within the traditional territory of the Kake Tlingit tribe which depends
upon the abundant fish and wildlife habitat for hunting, fishing, and
gathering of wild foods.

The Gravina Island Timber Sale, which also would have been prohibited under
the Roadless Rule, is expected to be finalized shortly.

For more information on the Alaska rainforest contact: Laurie Cooper, Alaska
Rainforest Campaign ([log in to unmask])

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