A C T I O N  A L E R T
TO: MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS
FROM: CARL ZICHELLA, MIDWEST REGIONAL STAFF DIRECTOR, SIERRA CLUB
DATE: 10-06-98
RE: YOU CAN HELP KILL THE OMNIBUS PARKS BILL -- CALL YOUR
REPRESENTATIVES TODAY!  COULD BE DEBATED WEDNESDAY!

An enormous and terrible omnibus parks and public lands bill (HR
4570), laced with amendments that undermine and eliminate
wilderness from Alaska to Georgia, is moving toward the House
floor.  This bill could be debated as early as Wednesday (10/7).

Happily, this bill is in trouble.  Opposition from moderate
Republicans and most Democrats is growing.  However, many members
of the House are still undecided and need to be called by their
constituents.  Your call at this critical moment could prevent
this bill from coming to the floor, or if it does make it to the
floor, provide the votes needed to defeat it!

Please call your Representative and tell them to:

Vote to defeat HR 4570, the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Act.
This bill removes federal protections from existing and defacto
wilderness areas across the entire country.  It is packed with
terrible provisions, authored by some of the worst of the
anti-environmental mem
bers of the 105th Congress.  Places like Hell's
Canyon, Utah's San Rafael Swell, and Cumberland Island National
Seashore, in Georgia, are all threatened.  A raft of provisions
authored by Rep Helen Chenoweth (R-ID) and others waive
environmental laws and allow expedited "salvage" logging on
numerous and potentially all national forests.

Let's not let them get away with this!

We can defeat this bill.  If you are represented by a moderate
Republican, tell your Representative to join Rep. Sherwood
Boehlert (R-NY) in opposing this bill.  If enough oppose it, it
may never make it to the floor.  If it is brought up for a vote,
we have an outstanding chance of winning.

Please call today.  Do not take even normally friendly members
for granted.

Congressional switchboard:

202-224-3121

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