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WRITE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
This is very important! We recommend that you first write to the largest California publications (contact information listed below), then any smaller California publications.
Sample Letter 1
Sample Letter 2
The following are key points to emphasize in your letters (additional background information is available throughout our website):
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80% of the world's native forests have been cut down, a staggering 97% of the forests within the United States are now gone, and only 4% of California's original forests remain. |
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There's no law that prevents the logging of old-growth trees in California. Despite claims that we have the strictest forestry laws, old-growth trees are still being cut today and the remainder are in danger of being lost forever. |
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The Heritage Tree Preservation Act will ban old-growth logging on non-federal lands It defines old-growth as those trees which existed in 1850, when California became a state. |
| (d) |
The passage of this initiative in California would set a wonderful example for other parts of the country, and the logging industry is certain to spend millions of dollars in an effort to prevent its passage. |
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Poll after poll indicates that a vast majority of people in California, as well as across the nation and the globe understand the value of old-growth and want to see it protected. |
Please send letters to the editorial departments of the following California newspapers:
Sacramento Bee
P.O. Box 15779
Sacramento, CA 95852
e-mail: opinion@sacbee.com
Fax: (916) 321-1996
(Please include your name, address and daytime phone number.)
San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
e-mail: letters@sfchronicle.com
(Please provide your name and telephone number. Note: They will only consider your letter for publication if it is less than 250 words.)
Los Angeles Times
202 W. 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(Please provide your name and telephone number. Note: They will only consider your letter for publication if you have signed it--no e-mailed letters published.)
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