Over the next two weeks, delegates to the political conventions will see the faces of everyday Americans - from both political parties and different walks of life - in a new advertising effort by the Campaign for America's Wilderness. A rancher, biker, business people, children, and others are asking lawmakers to protect the special wild areas they treasure. The ads will run in the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Minneapolis Star-Tribune and National Journal.
In a recent op-ed carried by a number of newspapers nationwide, Campaign executive director Mike Matz reminds us that "despite the calls today for more drilling, I think most people understand that we need to strike a common-sense balance between our hope of passing along something for the next generation and our need to tap into our shared domestic resources today."
Mike cites a recent independent Zogby International poll that found that a vast majority of likely voters think protecting public lands as wilderness is important and seven in ten would vote for a candidate who supported wilderness protection.
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