Don't allow sacred and pristine public lands to be sold for energy development!
The Bush Administration has been rewarding corrupt energy companies
by giving them public land to drill for oil, granting rights for off-shore drilling
and now reversing the decision to preserve Medicine Lake. Medicine Lake, an area considered sacred
to many native tribes in Oregon and northern California, is a popular recreation spot located on the
Modoc National Forest. Despite the strongly worded objections of the BLM, Forest Service, and
White House Council on Historic Preservation, the Bush Administration is allowing construction
of power plants on up to 134,000 acres in the area. The plan would cover the area with toxic slumps,
miles of transmission
lines, giant power plants, new roads, pipelines, and would pollute and/ or drain
the aquifer that feeds the largest spring system in California. It would convert Medicine Lake's
pristine old-growth forests to an industrial wasteland.
The Calpine corporation and the Bonneville Power Administration are scheduled to
receive $4 million in taxpayer funds for the project. They plan to sell the power generated from the proposed
geothermal plants throughout the Pacific Northwest as "green energy." Calpine has been accused of conspiring
with Enron to create the recent California energy crisis.
SAVE MEDICINE LAKE
Please call the following people
and let them know that you want Medicine Lake's old-growth forests and Native American
sacred sites protected. Let them know that you think the "green energy" proposal is a scam.
Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) 202 224-3553
Senator Ron Wyden (OR) 202 224-5244
Bonneville Power Administration 503 230-7334
California BLM 530 233 8848
CALPINE OFFICE headquarters San Jose 408 995-5155
For more information about the rally or about Medicine Lake, please
call 503 957 5572 or email bwsisq@yahoo.com.
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Just three miles off of Interstate 80, 
