The Bush Administration recently announced its intention to continue dismantling historic wild forest protections - one state at a time. With its most recent announcement, the Administration took an axe to the Roadless Rule. Governors will now have to petition the federal government to protect wild, roadless, national forests. We need to educate Iowans about this latest Bush administration assault on our environmental protections before the public comment period ends on September 14th. Please volunteer to submit a letter to the editor to the Register or your local daily paper - we have several already written that I can email to you for your submission, either as is, or with whatever alterations you'd like. You can choose to submit it as a Sierra Club member or just a concerned citizen. This can have a big impact getting the word out about the newest threat to our national forests, and it only takes a few minutes to send in a letter. Let me know if you can help! Thanks, Tarah Heinzen Sierra Club Conservation Organizer 3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280 Des Moines, IA 50310 (515) 251-3995 [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]