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"The oil industry got coal in their
Christmas stocking rather than
presents. The defeat of the latest
scheme to open the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge
to oil drilling was a bipartisan
victory for conservatives and
conservationists.

This letter is to recognize and
thank U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach,
one of the twenty-one House
Republicans who kept Arctic
drilling out of the budget bill.
Had he not stood firm, Arctic
drilling would have been rushed
into law through a budget bill
that could not
have been filibustered.

Gerlach and his GOP colleagues
showed real courage in resisting
the House leadership and standing
up for their convictions,
the GOP’s conservation tradition,
and the wishes of their constituents."

—from an op-ed published by Chapter
President Sandy Moser in the
Local Daily News
Click here to read the entire essay.

 

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New Wilderness Areas Sought in Allegheny National Forest

Today, only 2 percent of the Allegheny National Forest in western Pennsylvania is designated as wilderness, the highest level of protection available for natural treasures owned by all Americans in common. Pennsylvania's two wilderness areas, Hickory Creek and Allegheny Islands (pictured above), cover only 9,000 acres. Conservationists are seeking to designate eight additional wilderness areas, which would bring the Allegheny's wilderness acreage to about 54,000.

Republicans for Environmental Protection supports expanded wilderness protection in Pennsylvania's only national forest, located close to where Wilderness Act author Howard Zahniser grew up.

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