Please consider making a donation to help save Utah’s Redrock wilderness before it is too late! Time is running out, and the Bush-Cheney Administration is pushing through the auction of our precious wildlands to the highest oil bidder. This is serious business, and we need to stand up and let them know we won’t allow them to spoil our land.

Here is the latest news from Robert Redford, who is taking this to the courtroom to fight to keep our lands free and beautiful…

Dear Teri,

This morning I appeared at a Congressional press conference to announce that NRDC is filing suit to block the giveaway of 110,000 acres of Utah’s Redrock wilderness to oil and gas companies.

This disastrous auction is scheduled to take place in just two days — on December 19th — as a parting gift from the Bush-Cheney Administration to their friends in the oil and gas industries.

Please donate now to help us wage this courtroom battle and win back the unspoiled Redrock wilderness for the American people.

At stake are world-renowned vistas near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, as well as near the Dinosaur National Monument. Even parts of Desolation Canyon, which have been proposed for national park status, will be on the auction block.

The highest bidders will earn the right to turn vast tracts of pristine wilderness into industrial wastelands.

You and I must stop them — and this NRDC lawsuit is our last, best chance to do so. Please make an immediate tax-deductible emergency donation to join our fight in federal court.

I don’t have to tell you how terrific NRDC’s track record has been over the past eight difficult years. Thanks to your support, we’ve repeatedly staved off the Bush Administration’s relentless drive to drill in some of our nation’s last wild places.

But it’s all on the line right now. We simply can’t stand by and let them plunder our natural heritage during Bush’s final hours in office.

They are racing to complete these land deals before Inauguration Day — which would make the Redrock sales difficult to reverse.

That’s why NRDC is responding swiftly and decisively in court. And it’s why we are counting on you to give whatever you can — now when it matters most.

Once it’s drilled and destroyed, our Redrock wilderness can never be restored.

Please give what you can now so that this natural treasure never goes on the auction block. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Robert
Robert Redford
Trustee
Natural Resources Defense Council

P.S. With only two days left until the auction — and one month until Inauguration Day — NRDC will be working through the holidays to fight this case in court. There’s no bigger environmental gift you can give this holiday season than a donation to help us save the Redrock wilderness. Please give an online tax-deductible gift right now, so that NRDC can wage this fight over the next 30 critical days. Thank you.

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