FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS

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STATUTORY PROTECTION OF ROADLESS AREAS 

On June 5, 2002, Representatives Jay Inslee (D., WA) and Sherwood Boehlert (R., NY,) along with 174 co-sponsors, introduced H.R. 4865, the Roadless Area Protection Act. This legislation would give statutory form and effect to the Roadless Conservation rule signed on January 5, 2001 to protect 58.5 million acres of inventoried roadless areas in the national forests from roadbuilding and commercial logging. A companion bill has been introduced in the Senate this year.

The Roadless Conservation rule is being undermined by the Bush Administration, and several commercial logging projects have been approved in roadless areas.

The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs strongly supports H.R. 4865 and urges protection of all inventoried roadless areas from roadbuilding and commercial logging.

Contact your Representatives and Senators and ask them to sign on as co-sponsors of this legislation.