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LOGGING WITHOUT LAWS BULLETIN #96, from WAFC, the
Western Ancient Forest Campaign.  Call (202)789-2844x291 or email
WAFCDC@igc.apc.org by Britney Bartlett, WAFC Media Intern
 
Wednesday, July 24, 1996, the 363rd Day of Lawless Logging
 
ANNIVERSARY EVENTS GAIN MOMENTUM
 
RALLY PLANNERS EXPECT LARGE TURNOUT:  Activities
scheduled for the one year anniversary of the Rescissions Act
Timber Rider are gaining speed and support as word of the rallies
spreads.  Thousands of flyers, mailers and phone calls from
Greenpeace, Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC), Oregon
State Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG), the Sierra Club, and
WAFC are informing Portland area residents of the event in that
community marking the anniversary of the Rider.  Musicians and
speakers are warming up for the rally to make sure President
Clinton gets the message to repeal the rider and cancel lawless
logging.  The Saturday event starts at noon at the Terry Schrunk
Plaza in Portland.  Call rally organizers at (503)978-9454 for more
information.  Large turnouts are also expected for sister rallies in
Seattle and Eugene.  Activities for the Seattle rally will take place at
Freeway Park at 2 p.m.  The theme of the event is "Rider Repeal -
No Forest Health Deal"  For more information about Seattle, call the
rally coordinating committee at (206)545-3734.  The Eugene rally will
take place at the Federal Building at noon.  Speakers include Tim
Ream, Karen Wood, and Joe Keating.  For more information about
the Eugene rally call Joe Keating at (503)234-2613.      
 
RADIO ADS AIMED AT CLINTON AND TIMBER RIDER:  Portland
area residents will hear ads on several radio stations targeting
Clinton for signing the Rescissions Act Timber Rider, as well as
plugging Portland's rally.  "President Clinton admitted that signing
the clearcut rider was a mistake.  But he hasn't done enough to
stop it," the ad says.  "Now you can tell him:  Do the right thing -
with another stroke of your pen cancel the Clearcut Rider sales
now."  The ads were paid for by the Portland Audubon Society and
the National Forest Protection Campaign and will run until the
beginning of the Portland rally, which starts at noon on Saturday.  
 
CALIFORNIA ACTIVISTS MEET THE PRESS:  The Rider's one year
anniversary is spawning activities across the west.  California
citizens concerned about the lawless logging taking place on their
national forests are holding six news conferences and meeting with
editorial boards to discuss the Logging Rider.  Organizers are
highlighting the flagrant abuses taking place on our publicly owned
forests, as well as sending the urgent message to President Clinton
to repeal the rider and use his executive power to immediately
cancel timber sales. For more information contact Barbara Boyle at
(916) 557-1105, or Paul Spitler at (916)758-0380.
 
NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY MORE THAN A PHONE CALL:  On
July 26, the day before the rider's anniversary, a concentrated effort
to tell President Clinton to repeal the Rescissions Act Timber Rider
will have people across the country flooding the White House with
telephone calls.  School children, entire families, fishermen, and
anyone who appreciates the outdoors will take this chance to join
hundreds of others in a show of solidarity for America's National
Forests.