Bush plans to privatize 800,000+ acres of public land to make ends meet. Chunks of our national treasures -- from Montana's Bitterroot National Forest to California's Sierra Mountains range -- are slated for the auction block. In my home state, Oregon, parts of the Columbia Gorge are even up for sale. Wow.
Supposedly the lands are "worthless".
Great - they're worthless! So, there's no market for selling "worthless" land, right? We've got enough money to maintain tax cuts for the rich and spend $200 billion on war, but need to sell of national treasures to fund rural schools? I don't think so.
Contact your congresscritters, write those LTE's (the first link above has a lot of great articles against the sell-off) and what the hell - call the White House, too. Light up the switchboard.
Tags: public lands, Columbia Gorge, environment, Bush, BLM, US Forest Service
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