Our Iowa ExCom member, Steve Swan is one of the activists who participated
in DC this week.  Let's help Steve out by contacting our Representatives
and Senators!

Jane Clark
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 Sierra Club
 SC Action Daily Vol. II, No. 40
 March 5, 1999

 TAKE ACTION: Write your Members of Congress to help save wilderness in
Alaska
 and Utah

 Arctic Refuge and Utah Wildnerness bills are gaining momentum and will be
 introduced soon.  Contact your Representative and Senators and urge them
to
 co-sponsor these crucial initiatives!

 Earlier this week, 150 Wilderness activists blanketed Capitol Hill in a
drive
 to get support for bills that will designate the Arctic National Wildlife
 Refuge and millions of acres in Utah as wilderness.  Everyone agrees: the
 solution to preserving precious wildlands in Alaska and Utah is official
 Wilderness designation.  In Utah, such a designation will restrict
allowable
 uses, cutting off sensitive and unspoiled areas from new development, new
 mining claims, logging and roadbuilding, and mechanized transport (e.g.
 ORVs). In the Arctic Refuge, wilderness designation for the coastal plain,
a
 fragile tundra that is critical denning ground for the Porcupine caribou
 herd, will remove the persistent threat of oil drilling.

  "Wilderness Week" activists in Washington this week included 50 from
Utah,
 50 from Alaska, and 50 from across the rest of the lower 48.  Also in
 attendance were members of the Gwich'in tribe, who have long held the
coastal
 plain of the Arctic Refuge sacred, and rely on the Porcupine caribou herd
to
 maintain their way of life.  This dedicated and energetic group of
activists,
 many of whom are Sierra Club volunteers, love the wilderness and made the
 long trip to D.C. on their own time to help make the vision of Arctic and
 Utah wilderness a reality.
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 You can help these committed activists in their efforts by by writing,
 calling or faxing your Representative and asking him or her to become
 original co-sponsors of Rep.Vento's bill to designate the coastal plain of
 the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, and Rep. Hinchey's bill
to
 designate wilderness in Utah.  Contact your Senators too, and urge them to
 co-sponsor Senator Roth's Arctic wilderness bill, and Sen. Durbin's bill
to
 designate wilderness in Utah.
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 For contact information, see the end of this e-mail.  Thanks for your
help!
 _______________________________________________________________________
 Sierra Club Legislative Hotline - 202-675-2394 Sierra Club National
 Headquarters - 415-977-5500
 Sierra Club World Wide Web -http://www.sierraclub.org White House Comment
 Line - 202-456-1111
 White House Fax Line - 202-456-2461
 Clinton's e-mail - [log in to unmask] Gore's e-mail -
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 White House Address - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC 20500 US
Capitol
 Switchboard - 202-224-3121
 To contact your senators - http://www.senate.gov/senator/index.html To
 contact your representative - http://www.house.gov/writerep/
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