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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]