I received this message from BENE, an environmental bulletin board:

>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 18:20:43 -0800 (PST)
>From: Western Ancient Forest Campaign <wafcdc at igc.apc.org>
>Subject: Sufficiency to be Offered Thursday, 3/2/95
>To: Recipients of conference <mlist.wafcdc at conf.igc.apc.org>
>
>TO: Forest Activists
>FROM: John Fitzgerald
>DATE: Tuesday, February 28, 1995
>
>SUBJECT: Probable Sufficiency Rider Thursday
>
>The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to consider
>the FY 1995 rescissions bill Thursday morning. Rep. Charles
>Taylor (R-NC), who is a tree farmer, is expected to offer a
>sufficiency rider establishing a national forest board foot
>production requirement for salvage logging notwithstanding the
>ESA, NEPA, NFMA and other laws. The rider calls for four billion
>board feet of volume from salvage sales on Forest Service lands
>and 115 mbf from BLM lands a year for the next two years.
>
>It happens that Rep. Taylor and other NC Members will be
>answering callers questions during a live Public Television
>special about the "New Agenda" and the Contract on America from
>8-9 Wednesday night on Channel 33 in Asheville and Channel 17 in
>Linville. The toll free number was published recently as
>1-800-868- 5781 or 5782, though it possible only calls from the
>state of North Carolina will be accepted.
>
>The Appropriations Committee will also be considering cuts of
>$2 million for endangered species at FWS (nearly the remaining
>listing budget for FY95); and 12.5 million from State and Private
>Forestry-defunding the Forest Legacy program for private forest
>conservation. Please ask Committee Members to oppose sufficiency
>riders and vote to replace these budget cuts with reductions from
>the FS road building budget.
>
>Urge your Member of Congress to talk to friends on the
>Committee and ask them to support such conservation measures and
>to oppose "sufficiency" riders or other suspensions of the law.
>North Carolina folks in particular can call Rep. Taylor
>(202-225-6401) and ask him why he is attempting to undermine the
>law and cut the public out of decisionmaking on our public lands.
>Finally, call your local reporters and let them know what our new
>Congress is about to do to the forests and to the democratic
>process.
>
>II. The full House will be considering the "takings" bill
>H.R. 925 that would pay landowners any time regulations result the
>reduction of fair market value of more than 10%. Rep. Billy
>Tauzin is expected to offer an amendment to limit the operation of
>the amendment to wetlands or endangered species regulations. Urge
>your Member to oppose both versions. Note that incidental takings
>permits and "statements" are available already to allow landowners
>to convert habitat and kill endangered species in the process so
>long as the overall impact is limited. Note that the regulations
>that are designed to protect wildlife and wetlands protect us as
>well from pollution, the loss of functioning ecosystems,
>sedimentation in drinking water supplies and other assaults that
>hit species and wetlands first.

>III. The Administration is
>expected to publicly suggest at a hearing amendments to the ESA
>including one to suspend listings in states with conservation
>agreements that citizens cannot enforce. Pls. call the White House
>suggesting that they veto riders and takings amendments instead
>and help landowners in other ways.

I've pared the included list down to Northwest representatives (DP)

HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, REPUBLICANS

George Nethercutt, WA-5th, L-1527, Tel: 225-2006
Jim Bunn, OR-5th, L-1517, Tel: 225-5711

HOUSE APPOPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, DEMOCRATS

Norm Dicks, WA-6th, R-2467, Tel: 225-5916

Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416