Fwd: Stop destructive logging in the Tongass - deadline today!

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From: Kathy Kilmer, The Wilderness Society <action@tws.org>
Date: 2010/3/17
Subject: Stop destructive logging in the Tongass - deadline today!
To: Anne Brito <sweetygirl2002@uol.com.br>

Dear Anne, Your gift is urgently needed. Donate now to stop the land transfer! The future of some of the most critical habitat in Alaska's Tongass National Forest may come down to what our WildAlert community can accomplish in the next few hours. Later today, Congress is holding a hearing on legislation that could open up 65,000 acres of the Tongass – including pristine, untouched old growth – to the Sealaska Corporation for logging and development. If this legislation moves forward, ancient expanses of old growth trees could be removed from public ownership and the environmental laws that protect them from logging. Don't wait any longer to make your gift and help protect the Tongass. Our window is closing, we must act fast! The Wilderness Society has the experience and the expertise to defeat this land transfer. Your gift now will go straight to work, to help us: Ramp up the pressure on Capitol Hill so that every congressional member knows the intensity of national – and local – opposition to this legislation. Continue our unique blend of collaboration, economic analysis and top-notch science to ensure that the Forest Service pursues a responsible, long-range management plan for America's Rainforest. Strengthen our work within local communities, including our partnership with a wide range of stake-holders in Southeast Alaska, to support sustainable projects that lead to healthy rural economies, while ensuring that key areas are protected. Your support is what fuels our fight to protect the Tongass National Forest's vital ecological and economic resources. We can't do it without you. Please give now! If this bill passes, so much could be threatened. America's Rainforest encompasses thousands of islands, fjords and waterways where steep coastal cliffs and fog-shrouded woods creep out to water's edge. Sea otters and humpback whales make regular appearances under the shadows of coastal trees, while further inland, stunning mountain vistas mingle with glaciers and green valleys. The very age of this forest is what creates the rich biodiversity the Tongass is known for: from wide-ranging iconic mammals to little-known forms of life that teem within the dark, damp soils. Moss creeps into every wooded crevice, while streams swell with salmon, allowing black and brown bears to thrive. Bald eagles, wolves, deer and many other animals abound here as well. Help us ensure that the Tongass and the communities and wildlife that depend on it continue to thrive. Please, make your gift now. Thank you for everything you do. Sincerely, Kathy Kilmer The Wilderness Society Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. To stop ALL email from The Wilderness Society, click here to remove yourself  from our lists (or reply via email with "remove" in the subject line). The Wilderness Society's mission is to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. As a subscriber to WildAlert, you join more than 500,000 Wilderness Society members and supporters in protecting and restoring America's wild places.