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If you have an environmental concern you would like to
see addressed,
contact UPEC
On going issues:
Prickett Lake Acquisition:
Action request letter from
The Trust for Public Land:
We are writing to ask for your help once again in voicing support for
land acquisitions in the Ottawa National Forest. As you know, this year
the Forest has the opportunity to acquire the spectacular Prickett Lake
property.
To recap where we are in the FY10 appropriations process: Before the
August recess, Congress has already made significant progress in the
Interior Appropriations bill. The House passed its version, which
included $1.5M, and the Senate Appropriations Committee has passed its
version of the bill, which included $2.8M. $2.8M is what is needed to
acquire Prickett Lake and thus the message to the delegation is to
please hold the Senate's level of funding!
At this point, the next steps are normally Senate passage and the
production of the final conference report. However, as in previous
years, the Senate floor is prone to getting clogged due to an already
busy legislative schedule and/or partisanship, and it is becoming more
of a possibility that in September or early October the final
appropriations bills will be combined into a large omnibus package and
passed in unison.
Given that timetable, letters of support will have the greatest effect
if they arrive on Capitol Hill in early to mid-September. Please voice
your support at this critical juncture in the congressional
appropriations process. This outreach can make the difference!
I am also providing the contact information for the congressional
delegation below. As before, calls, faxes, and emails via the Member's
website are the best modes of communication.
Feel free to personalize these sample letters before sending to
Congress. TPL would also appreciate receiving a copy of whatever you
send. Please submit letters to the Michigan delegation no earlier than
September 8th, 2009. Congress is in recess until the 8th, and submitting
letters as soon as Congress returns maximizes the impact of our message.
Sample letters:
Ottawa NF_MI_Levin Aug
09.doc
Ottawa NF_MI_Stabenow
Aug 09.doc
Ottawa NF_MI_Stupak Aug
09.doc
TPL Contact:
Shaun Hamilton
Senior Project Manager
Director, Northwoods Initiative
The Trust for Public Land
2610 University Avenue, Suite 300
St. Paul, MN 55114
(651) 999.5309
shaun.hamilton@tpl.org
www.tpl.org
The Trust for Public Land - Celebrating 35 years of conserving land for
people--2.2 million acres and counting.
www.tpl.org
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Toxic Barrels in Lake Superior!
For four years, between 1959 and 1962, barrels
containing benzene, PCBs, lead, cadmium, barium, hexavalent chromium and
most likely radioactive materials were rolled off barges into the lake
at spots all along the north shore. These barrels are now corroriding in
Lake Superior. Please ask your Congress delegate to address this now!
Here is the link to information:
http://www.nukewatch.com/barrels/