David Miller Midwestern Volunteer for the American Lands Alliance P.O. Box 580936 Minneapolis, MN 55458-0936 (612) 728-9506 [log in to unmask] To all individuals and organizations, The American Lands Alliance is working to gather public comments in support of strengthening the 18 month moratorium on road building in National Forests and wilderness areas of 1,000 acres or greater (or smaller where ecologically significant). Large tracts of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska are exempt from this moratorium, and the legal loopholes are abundant. We are aiming to gather a minimum of 200 public comments in Iowa by March, and we are planning a press conference for mid-January, and would like as many organizations to sign on to this press conference as possible. We are looking for as many faith-based and scientific community members to comment as well as members of environmental and student groups. Now is a critical time to demonstrate that, across the nation, people support the moratorium and seek permanent protection of our National Heritage Forests. We will be holding a meeting in Des Moines during the first Week of January and will let everyone know about the date, time and location soon. We look forward to working with all of you. Together we can send a strong message to Washington, that America will not stand by and let our forest ecosystems go to the chopping block. Please feel free to contact me with any ideas or suggestions. David Miller live simply Rex L. Bavousett University of Iowa University Relations - Publications 100 OPL, Iowa City, IA 52242 http://www.uiowa.edu/~urpubs/ mailto:[log in to unmask] voice: 319 384-0053 fax: 319 384-0055 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send email to [log in to unmask] Make the message text (not the Subject): SIGNOFF IOWA-TOPICS