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TO:       All Forest Activists
FROM:     Britney Bartlett & Steve Holmer
DATE:     July 24, 1996
 
SUBJECT:  Rally Against the Rider & National Call-In Day
 
 
     July 27, 1996 marks the one year anniversary of the awful
Recisions Act Timber Rider, a.k.a. "The Clearcut Rider," and the
"Lawless Logging Rider."  Citizens from around the country will have
a chance to voice their concerns about the Rider by calling the
President on Friday, July 26, and attending rallies on Saturday, July 
27 to show our unity against lawless logging on our National Forests.
 
RALLIES:  Come together and protest, hold vigil, and voice the need
for change and repeal of the Logging Rider.  Citizens at rallies around
the Northwest will call on President Clinton and Congress to stop the
logging rider which is panning out to be the most environmentally
devastating law in our nation's history.  Voices from across the region
will be demanding a full repeal of the rider, a return of our rights as
citizens of the United States to appeal timber sales on our public
lands, the cancellation of destructive sales under the rider and the
immediate restoration of environmental laws on publicly owned lands. 
 
     At 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, in Seattle citizens will gather at
Freeway Park to listen to speakers, the music of Joanne Rand, and call
for "Full Repeal/ No Forest Health Deal."  Protesters will send the
urgent message to Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) to resume her rider
repeal efforts and stop negotiations with Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) on
his "Forest Health" bill.  Sponsors are expecting a large turnout.  Call
the Rally Coordinating Committee for more information at (206)545-
3734.
 
     The Portland Rally will be at the Terry Schrunk Plaza at noon. 
Sponsors are expecting a very large turnout.  Rep. Elizabeth Furse (D-
OR) who sponsored the House bill to repeal the logging rider has
been invited to speak.  For more information please contact Jessica
Hamilton, Western Organizer, Western Ancient Forest Campaign, (503)
978-9454
 
     In Eugene, activists will gather at the Federal Building starting at
noon.  Speakers will include Joe Keating, Witness Against Lawless
Logging, Tim Ingalsbee of the Cascadia Fire Ecology Education Project,
and Karen Wood of Siskiyou Forest Defenders.   For more information
about the Eugene rally, please contact Joe Keating at (503) 234-2613
 
 
National "Stop the Rider" Call-In Day July 26
     Please call President Bill Clinton on Friday, July 26, at 202/456-
1111 (9-5), and 202/456-6797 (Chief of Staff Panetta's Message Line),
fax 456-2883 and email president@whitehouse.gov and urge the
President to go beyond the Glickman directive and to cancel all of the
destructive sales under the rider, not just a few.  The President called
for rider repeal in a July 16 letter to Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) as
part of the Administration's request for the Interior Appropriations bill. 
Urge the President to actively support a proposed amendment to cut
off funding for sales under the rider in Fiscal Year (FY) 1997.