This is from an email I got from environment Colorado.

This fall, Colorado's Roadless Area Task Force will begin meeting to
decide the fate of Colorado's national forests. These meetings are our
opportunity to protect the forests from being opened up to logging,
mining, and development after the Bush Administration's repeal of the
Roadless Rule.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so we're compiling a photo album
to present to Colorado's leaders and inspire them to go to the mat for
our forests. If you have pictures of friends or family enjoying
Colorado's forests, please send them to us, along with a short note saying
something like "Protect Colorado's National Forests!" Then, ask your family
and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.

Please e-mail the picture(s) as an attachment to Environment Colorado's
field organizer, Matt Garrington, at
mgarrington@environmentcolorado.org.

Or, send your non-digital photos to: Matt Garrington, Environment
Colorado, 1536 Wynkoop St #100, Denver, CO 80202.


Background:

Last May, the Bush Administration undermined Colorado's protected
forests by eliminating federal protections on 4.4 million acres of roadless
areas within our national forests. Because of this, 30 percent of
Colorado's national forests are currently being considered for logging and
other development.

If these areas are not protected, pristine roadless areas, including
parts of the White River, Roosevelt, Arapahoe, Rio Grande, and San Juan
National Forests, could be opened to development in the next year.

Logging, mining, road building, and other activities have already
despoiled more than half of our national forests. Less than five percent of
our old-growth trees remain standing. Timber and mining companies are
lining up their bulldozers to take what's left.

Powerful interests, including timber, coal, and drilling companies, are
working behind the scenes to gain access to our pristine wilderness
areas. The fate of Colorado's roadless areas is in the hands of Gov.
Owens.

If we act now, we can stop development in Colorado's roadless areas.
Colorado's national forests provide scenic vistas and recreation areas,
are home to hundreds of native species, and provide us with pure
drinking water- in short, they make Colorado the beautiful state that it is.

Colorado's roadless areas also provide important wildlife habitat for
elk, trout, lynx, and wolverines. The Cherokee Park roadless area, which
is part of the Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest, includes grassy
meadows and ponds that serve as elk calving grounds.

Opening this area to road-building and development would compromise
this crucial elk habitat. Because roadless areas lack road disturbances,
these areas support healthier populations of native and desired plant
and animal species.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so we're compiling a photo album
to present to Colorado's leaders and inspire them to go to the mat for
our forests. If you have pictures of friends or family enjoying
Colorado's forests, please send them to us, along with a short note saying
something like "Protect Colorado's National Forests!" Then, ask your family
and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.

Please e-mail the picture(s) as an attachment to Environment Colorado's
field organizer, Matt Garrington, at
mgarrington@environmentcolorado.org.

Or, send your non-digital photos to: Matt Garrington, Environment
Colorado, 1536 Wynkoop St #100, Denver, CO 80202.