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| Decision reinstates protections first put in place in 2001 under a policy known as the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The Roadless Rule protects 63,000 acres of forest in Georgia's scenic Chattahoochee National Forest and 58.5 million acres of forests nationwide. | |
| Conservation, recreation and environmental groups gathered at the steps of the State Capitol to deliver 4,000 postcards and letters to Gov. Perdue from citizens throughout Georgia, and called on him to petition the U.S. Forest Service to restore protections to more than 63,000 acres of the Chattahoochee National Forest. | |
| Land conservation attracts tourist dollars, minimizes flood damage and costs local governments less in services than residential development among other benefits, according to a new report released today. The study, entitled “Protecting Our Natural Heritage,†was released by Environment Georgia, the new home of Georgia PIRG’s environmental work, along with Georgia ForestWatch, the Georgia Conservancy, and the Sierra Club. | |
| We applaud Representatives Hank Johnson, John Lewis, Jim Marshall, and David Scott for joining Congressmen Inslee (D-WA) and Ramstad (R-MN) and a bipartisan group of 141 original cosponsors to reintroduce the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act to protect 58.5 million acres of national forest lands from most logging and road-building. At the same time, Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John Warner (R-VA) lead a group of 18 Senators in introducing a companion bill in the Senate. | |
