Sorry if you've all seen this - sounds important and today is the deadline for letters.... > > > Hi Rich, > > Hey, I've attatched a letter below from Steve Scarborough at dagger. It > concerns a tract of land that Champion currently owns that desperately needs > protection. Could you forward this out to everyone? > > Scott Shipley > > > Any help you can give us om this would be appreciated. > Thanks, > > Steve Scarborough > > > THE FOLLOWING WILL TAKE ONLY FIVES MINUTES OF YOUR TIME > AND WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PROTECTING OUR SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS! > > Please take time to visit this website and send an email message to > targets in Washington for the acquisition to the U.S. Forest Service > (Cherokee) of a critical tract in the Southern Appalachian mountain > system being sold by Champion International. The Gulf Tract is visible > from Max's Patch, adjacent to the Appalachian Trail, and nearby the > Great Smoky Mountains Natl' Park. > > It is a worthwhile effort. > Danielle Droitsch > > > The Center for Appalachian Trail Studies is sponsoring an online > letter-writing campaign to encourage Congress to budget funding for the > purchase of the Gulf Tract in Cocke County, Tennessee, in the Fiscal Year > 2000 budget. We hope to have at least 500-1000 individuals participate in > this campaign. > > We need your participation. > > Using our on-line letter-writing section, interested individuals can write > a letter in their own words and transmit it automatically to key members of > the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, and they will also receive a > copy of their comments with addresses and instructions for sending them by > regular mail to key House members who do not have e-mail available for public > access. > > The Gulf Tract letter-writing section is online at: > > http://trailplace.com/gulf/gulf_index.html > > In addition to your letter, we need to get the word out about the > availabilty of this online letter-writing section to as many groups and > individuals as we can in the next few days. We estimate that the House and > Senate Conference Committee will meet this month, perhaps as early as > September 15th, so there isn't much time. Please notify any environmental, > conservation, hiking, camping, hunting, and fishing groups who you think > might be able to generate favorable comments. > > Thank you for your help. > > Dan "Wingfoot" Bruce > Center for Appalachian Trail Studies > Hot Springs, NC 28743 > 828-622-7601 > > PS--We used a similar strategy during a recent NPS public-comment > period and generated 14,848 personal letters in support of protection of the > Appalachian Trail in Maine. This effort could be similarly effective. ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe whitewater" to majordomo_at_gsp.org For help, send "help" to majordomo_at_gsp.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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