>TO: All Forest Activists
>FROM: Steve Holmer
>DATE: February 12, 1996
>
>SUBJECT: Sens. Wyden and Murray, President Clinton, Need to
> Hear From You
>
> President Clinton is expected to travel to the Northwest later
>this week to witness the catastrophic flooding in Oregon and make
>several other planned stops in Washington State and California.
>During this trip, the President may announce his position on the
>logging without laws rider that he signed into law.
>
> Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Murray (D-WA) are also
>considering whether to throw their support for full repeal. Their
>stance could have significant influence on the President's decision as
>well as the entire rider repeal effort in the Senate. Senator Bradley
>(D-NJ) has decided to wait until at least a week until after the
>Senate returns to introduce the repeal bill, and Bradley's staff
>indicate that meetings with Sens. Wyden and Murray are scheduled
>to discuss the rider. It is possible that Wyden and Murray could
>derail of total repeal effort if they decide to support the salvage
>portion of the rider.
>
> Activists have one more opportunity to send a clear and
>emphatic message to these key lawmakers that only a total repeal is
>acceptable. We are concerned that our message about the salvage
>portion of the rider is not getting through because we continue to
>hear rumors about repealing only the green portion of the rider, but
>leaving the salvage portion essentially intact with some minor
>changes. It needs to be made clear that any compromise on the
>salvage portion of the rider that retains a suspension or
>"streamlining" of environmental laws or that contains limitations on
>a citizen's right to appeal agency decisions or having a day in court
>is totally unacceptable and will be strongly opposed.
>
> Please contact Sen. Wyden at 202/224-5244, fax 202/228-2717,
>and Sen. Murray 202/224-2621, fax 202/224-0238 or write them at
>U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510 and urge them to champion a
>total repeal effort and not to forget about the Eastside forests in
>Oregon and Washington and -- all forests -- threatened by the
>salvage portion of the rider.
>
> Please contact President Clinton at 202/456-1111 (9-5 EST),
>202/456-6797 (Chief of Staff Leon Panetta's Voice mail), 202/456-6224
>Katie McGinty, FAX 202/456-2883, 202/456-2710 (CEQ) and 202/456-
>7044 (VP Gore), and Email president at whitehouse.gov, and remind
>the President of the terrible damage salvage sales under the rider
>are causing in every region of the country, in Idaho, Michigan,
>Utah, Alabama, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Arizona, Minnesota,
>Oregon, Alaska, Mississippi, New Mexico and Washington. Urge
>the President to undo what he has done, and support a total repeal
>of the logging without laws rider.
>
>REMINDER: PLEASE CONTACT WAFC ASAP at 202/789-2844
>ext. 291 TO SIGN-ON TO THE FOREST CONGRESS LETTER
>AND A RIDER REPEAL LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLINTON

Dennis Paulson 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