With only a few weeks remaining in Bush’s final term, you would assume that you could finally take a breath, relax and enjoy the waning days of his disastrous terms. However, Bush and his cronies are a bit sneakier than that and are trying to ram through some dreadful 11th hour policies that would have detrimental long-term consequences.  Bush has signaled to oil companies that they can do their Christmas shopping on our treasured national lands.

Bush’s plan will open up the Redrock Wildnerness Area in Utah to mining. This pristine land is near American jewels such as Canyonlands, Arches National Park and Dinosaur National Monument. On December 19th, an auction will be held to the highest oil and gas bidders to sell off leases to 160,000 acres of this land for drilling.

We must stop the Bush Administration’s 11th hour attempts to inflict their final disastrous environmental policies on the American public.  takepart today to sign the Natural Resources Defense Council’s petition to stop this land grab.