Take 60 seconds to send a letter to Congress on the Bono Wil

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As you may know, next Tuesday, November 13th, there will be a hearing in Washington, DC by the House Natural Resources Committee on Representative Mary Bono's wilderness bill, the California Desert and Mountain Protection Act (H.R. 3682). This bill proposes to designate lands in Riverside County, CA as wilderness and also proposes rivers in that county to be designated as wild, scenic or recreational.

Many of us are very concerned about creating additional wilderness in California and believe that this bill, if passed, would unduly restrict public access and recreation in this area. We also believe that the numerous wilderness additions and proposed designations contained within the legislation need to be fully evaluated and vetted with the local public and interested citizens.

H.R. 3682 is supported by the following groups:

-California Wilderness Society

-California Wilderness Coalition

-Sierra Club

-Friends of the River

-Friends of the Desert Mountains

-National Parks Conservation Association

-Campaign for America's Wilderness

In order to get OUR voice heard on this issue, we need you, your friends, allies, and organizations to contact Congress before next week's hearing! Please take 60 seconds by clicking on the link below to express concerns to your U.S. Representative. They need to hear from YOU on this issue before this legislation is considered by Congress!

Please follow this link to send a pre-drafted email on H.R. 3682 to your representative: http://www.partnershipforamerica.org/is ... fornia.asp

OR

Follow this link if you would like to write your own letter on H.R. 3682 to your representative: http://www.partnershipforamerica.org/ac ... ngress.asp

Thank you for your help on this important issue and please remember to forward this to your friends and allies to ask for their help as well.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Best Regards,

Kristin
Kristin Schrader
Partnership for America
303-810-3872
kschrader@partnershipforamerica.org
www.partnershipforamerica.org