Special Alert

Dear Friends,

As you know we spend the vast majority of our time, efforts, and energy protecting and educating the public about the wildlands in the Clearwater River drainage. Very seldom do we ask for your support for places outside of this high priority area of concern. When we have it has been for very specific issues such as protecting the Palouse Aquifer or other critical needs.

Today we are asking you to take 1 minute and visit the link below. The link is for the Helena, MT newspaper, the Independent Record. At this link you will find a poll concerning a new Montana logging bill, which has been portrayed by Senator Tester as a wilderness bill. This bill would mandate logging in public wildlands including in core grizzly habitat in the Cabinet Yaak bioregion. Most of the bill was designed in an exclusive behind closed doors process. The Tester bill could open roadless country to logging and removes protection for several wilderness study areas including the Sapphire Mountains and the West Pioneers.

The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA) is a visionary proposal which would protect the Wild Clearwater Country and regions in MT threatened by the Tester bill. NREPA appears to be heading for a committee markup this fall. The Tester bill would undercut NREPA. Let's work together with our friends and supporters in Montana to keep bad wilderness provisions out of the Northern Rockies and to push NREPA through the House!

The poll: http://www2.helenair.com/poll/

More on Tester's bill: http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/tester_logging_bill_breaks_campaign...

Support NREPA by signing this petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Support-NREPA

for a wild Northern Rockies,

Will Boyd, Education & Outreach Director