Guest guest Posted January 18, 2001 Report Share Posted January 18, 2001 THE FAREWELL THANKS. CLINTON'S FINAL LEGACY Clinton's Legacy in New National Monuments Clinton Preserves Pristine Roadless National Forests for nearly 60 Million acres. Clinton has protected more land in the continental United States than any administration since Theodore Roosevelt Dear friend, While in the midst of controversy of the anti-environmental, anti-endangered species, anti-animals, pro-guns nominations going on in Washington D.C. right now, Please, let's send our Farewell Thanks to President Clinton and encourage him to continue to fight for our Environment and billions of suffering animals including numerous Endangered Species after he retired. Please click the following site to give your comments : http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Mail/html/Mail_President.html Thanks. ====================================== News Reports : CLINTON'S LEGACY IN NEW NATIONAL MONUMENTS WASHINGTON, DC, January 17, 2001 (ENS) - Six new national monuments were set aside today in the western United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands. President Bill Clinton used his nearly expired executive authority to protect the half dozen natural and historic treasures, and to expand the boundaries of two additional monuments. In the waning days of his eight year tenure in the White House, President Clinton is scrambling to protect some of the nation's most endangered natural areas using the controversial Antiquities Act. The 1906 law gives the president the authority to create new monuments on existing federal lands, without consulting Congress. President Bill Clinton has now used the Antiquities Act to set aside close to two million acres of land - more than almost any other president. ......... (Reference Sources: http://www.ens-news.com/ens/jan2001/2001L-01-17-07.html ) ---------------- On January 5, 2001 : CLINTON PRESERVES PRISTINE ROADLESS NATIONAL FORESTS. WASHINGTON, DC, January 5, 2001 (ENS) - In a move that ranks among the most significant environmental policy initiatives in U.S. history, President Bill Clinton today announced the adoption of a comprehensive strategy that bans road construction and commercial logging on nearly 60 million acres of U.S. Forest Service land. Speaking at a news conference at the National Arboretum in Washington, Clinton said that the new policy will insure that the pristine forest lands will remain " unspoiled by bulldozers, undisturbed by chain saws and untouched for our children. " " This is about preserving the land which the American people own, for the American people who are not around yet, " Clinton said. " Not everyone can travel to the great palaces of the world, but everyone can enjoy the majesty of our great forests. " With the announcement of the new roadless rule, the Clinton administration has protected more land in the continental United States than any administration since Theodore Roosevelt ............ (Reference Source : http://www.ens-news.com/ens/jan2001/2001L-01-05-15.html ) ================================== References Sources : http://www.whitehouse.gov/ http://www.ens-news.com/ens/jan2001/2001L-01-17-07.html http://www.ens-news.com/ens/jan2001/2001L-01-05-15.html ) =================================== Thanks so much for your kindness, compassion and help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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