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U.S. Senate Bill 2834 Needs More to Protect Utah's Wildlands

Action needed by 15, 2008

The U.S. Senate is now considering legislation (S. 2834) that would permanently protect a spectacular stretch of wildlands in southwestern Utah.  But the bill must be stronger before the Senate casts its vote!

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/redrock/takeaction.  Do your senators know they should oppose S. 2834 until its flaws are fixed?

As written now, the Washington County Growth and Conservation Act fails to protect over half of the county's proposed wilderness-quality lands.

In addition, the bill does not sufficiently protect desert tortoise habitat in the Mojave Desert or currently protected wilderness-quality lands near Zion National Park against damage from off-road vehicles.

The bill also proposes to sell off up to 14 square miles of America's public wildlands, the majority of which are not currently identified for sale.

Go to http://www.savebiogems.org/redrock/takeaction .  These shortcomings must be addressed before S 2834 is passed!

Thank you for speaking out in defense of Utah's spectacular redrock country.

The above information was provided by the National Resources Defense Council:  http://www.nrdc.org/.