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	     House Votes Soon on Headwaters Forest Protection Your
	     Help Critical To Passage of Headwaters Bill
     During the week of August 15, the House of Representatives
will vote H.R.  2866, the Headwaters Forest Act, which authorizes
the Forest Service to acquire the Headwaters Forest, the largest
unprotected ancient redwood forest on earth.  The vote on this
bill could be close; your immediate calls, faxes and letters to
your Representative in support of the Headwaters Act are
absolutely critical to the passage of this bill.

     The Headwaters Forest Act, introduced by Rep. Dan Hamburg
(D-CA), would allow the Forest Service to purchase 44,000 acres of
privately owned redwood forest, of which approximately 7,000 acres
are virgin, old-growth redwood forest providing essential habitat
for threatened coho salmon and marbled murrelets.  The bill
prohibits the logging of old-growth, seeks to restore lands
damaged by past logging operations and would designate Headwaters
Grove, the largest of the virgin stands, as a wilderness area.

Maxxam Endorses Headwaters Bill
     The Headwaters Forest Act has been endorsed by the Clinton
Administration and is cosponsored by more than 140 House Members.
In a surprise move last week, the Maxxam Corporation, which
vigorously opposed the Headwaters bill from its inception, dropped
its opposition and moved to neutralize Congressional challenges to
Rep. Hamburg's initiative.

     Maxxam financed the purchase of the Pacific Lumber Company in
1986 largely through the sale of junk bonds.  In order to service
Maxxam's debt, Pacific Lumber increased the rate of cut on its
lands by almost 300 percent, logging over 40,000 acres of ancient
redwoods, degrading watersheds and threatening the survival of
old-growth dependent species.  Headwaters supporters estimate that
at the current rate of cutting, all of Pacific Lumber's old-growth
will be gone in less than ten years.

     Your Representative is a key House Member, and needs to hear
from you now.  At this time, the vote on the Headwaters bill looks
like it could be extremely close.  Rep. Hamburg and his staff are
working overtime to secure votes from both sides of the aisle;
your call to your Representative could influence the tie-breaking
vote that decides whether the Headwaters Forest is protected, or
is turned into two- by-fours and lumber for hot-tub decks in
Southern California.

     Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202/224-3121 to reach your
Representative's office.  Ask your Representative to support H.R.
2866, the Headwaters Forest Act.  Tell him or her that the bill is
now supported by the timber-industry, as well as the environmental
community.  And act today -- the first vote could occur on
Tuesday, August 16.

			Save The Headwaters Forest!

		      Call Your Representative TODAY

				  DO IT!