Here is a email that the White River Alliance is sending out tonight from our President (mtnxr on snowest).
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Dear members and supporters,
The White River Forest Alliance is pleased to announce that the Mesa County Commissioners have adopted and signed a resolution opposing the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign. The resolution, MCM 2009-175, was adopted and signed on Monday the 28th of September 2009. There are 17,000 to 20,000 acres of the Hidden Gems wilderness proposal located in within the borders of Mesa County. For the full resolution please see the attached file to this email.
What does resolution MCM 2009-175 really mean?
What this resolution really means is that the Mesa County Commissioners do not support the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign or any legislation it might lead to.
What does this mean to all of us?
First off, this is a huge victory for us. If we can get more counties to take similar stances it will help our cause greatly.
Here are just a few things you can do to help with that.
Please contact County Commissioners in Eagle, Delta, Gunnison, Pitkin and Summit Counties and tell them your personal stories and reasons why you are opposed to the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign. Your personal stories are very important. If you want, you can include something like you were impressed to hear that Mesa County took a strong stand with a resolution opposing the HG proposal.
Wilderness Workshop or the Hidden Gems people are going to these counties saying there is no opposition to their proposal or that they are working with the stakeholders etc... We must continue to make our voices heard.
What we need people to do now is to continue creating awareness and education within the public, help get people more informed. Please do your best to understand the proposal and how it affects you and Western Colorado in general.
In Garfield County, Commissioners Martin and Sampson have come out against the Hidden Gems Wilderness but Commissioners Houpt remains neutral at this time. Please continue to let her know how you feel.
Please read and share this information with others. Pass it on to all you know.
Once again, thank you for your time and support, you have no idea how much good you all are doing.
Tony Fisher
President
White River Forest Alliance
______________________________________________________________
Dear members and supporters,
The White River Forest Alliance is pleased to announce that the Mesa County Commissioners have adopted and signed a resolution opposing the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign. The resolution, MCM 2009-175, was adopted and signed on Monday the 28th of September 2009. There are 17,000 to 20,000 acres of the Hidden Gems wilderness proposal located in within the borders of Mesa County. For the full resolution please see the attached file to this email.
What does resolution MCM 2009-175 really mean?
What this resolution really means is that the Mesa County Commissioners do not support the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign or any legislation it might lead to.
What does this mean to all of us?
First off, this is a huge victory for us. If we can get more counties to take similar stances it will help our cause greatly.
Here are just a few things you can do to help with that.
Please contact County Commissioners in Eagle, Delta, Gunnison, Pitkin and Summit Counties and tell them your personal stories and reasons why you are opposed to the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign. Your personal stories are very important. If you want, you can include something like you were impressed to hear that Mesa County took a strong stand with a resolution opposing the HG proposal.
Wilderness Workshop or the Hidden Gems people are going to these counties saying there is no opposition to their proposal or that they are working with the stakeholders etc... We must continue to make our voices heard.
What we need people to do now is to continue creating awareness and education within the public, help get people more informed. Please do your best to understand the proposal and how it affects you and Western Colorado in general.
In Garfield County, Commissioners Martin and Sampson have come out against the Hidden Gems Wilderness but Commissioners Houpt remains neutral at this time. Please continue to let her know how you feel.
Please read and share this information with others. Pass it on to all you know.
Once again, thank you for your time and support, you have no idea how much good you all are doing.
Tony Fisher
President
White River Forest Alliance
