Dear Lisa,
As part of this year's Earth Day celebration, LIFE magazine asked me to choose my favorite photos of Western landscapes and explain why it's so important for us to protect them.
I want to share the photos I selected, because we have fought so hard together -- in so many NRDC campaigns -- to save these imperiled natural treasures.
View the LIFE slideshow.
I hope you'll agree that these images evoke not only the awe-inspiring beauty of the West but its terrible vulnerability as well. From New Mexico's Otero Mesa to Montana's Greater Glacier National Park -- and so many places in between -- NRDC is working right now to make sure that our irreplaceable public lands are not sacrificed for short-term corporate gain.
These photos are an important reminder of just how much is at stake for our natural heritage -- and why we must stay vigilant if we are to pass this spectacular legacy on to the next generation. Our recent success in blocking the giveaway of Utah's Redrock wilderness has proven yet again that nothing is more effective than an energized grassroots movement.
I hope you'll forward my message to your friends and family who might enjoy these beautiful photos. You might also encourage them to help protect America's endangered wildlands by taking online action at SaveBiogems.org. Anyone who cares at all about the fate of our natural heritage should take this one simple step.
Finally, on behalf of all of us at NRDC, I want to thank you for fighting beside us to save America’s last wild places.
Sincerely,
Robert
Robert Redford
Trustee
Natural Resources Defense Council
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