Please Help - Dona Ana County, NM (Las Cruces)

[ABQ TJ]

From another board...this is a SIMPLE one to help with. There's an easy letter generator if you'd like to use it and shouldn't take you more than 3 minutes. Please click the link and help, thanks!

I received this email from
Fred Huff this morning.

Four Wheeling Friends:

Recently, Congressman Pearce (R-NM) introduced landmark conservation legislation to protect lands in Do?a Ana County, NM ? home of the Chile Challenge. This legislation provides true protection in the form of continued access as well as ensuring that our open spaces are not sold to private interests. This bill (HR 6300) is in response to GangGreen wanting to lock up almost 500,000 acres in Do?a Ana County as wilderness. GangGreen claims that they want the land ?protected? from disposal and development, yet they oppose this bill because it does everything claim to want, except lock it up as wilderness. That tells me that they are really only giving lip service to wanting these lands protected. In reality, they just want them locked up. HR 6300 is a true conservation measure whose time has come. It protects lands from disposal and development without locking everything in wilderness. We need your support for this bill. Please follow the directions below and write letters in support of this bill to your Congressmen.

Thanks,

Fred Huff




---- IMPORTANT REMINDER ----



From

PEOPLE FOR PRESERVING OUR WESTERN HERITAGE



HELP US PROTECT OPEN SPACE AND

PRESERVE PUBLIC ACCESS IN DONA ANA COUNTY



To those who have already used the Save the Trails email tool to send an email to the New Mexico congressional delegation supporting HR 6300, we extend our thanks. And if you haven?t?



Speak up now, or risk losing your access to these areas.



http://www.savethetrails.us/Default.aspx?PetitionID=26



Just click on the link to create your email & LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.



Let your congressional delegation know you support HR 6300 as an appropriate measure to protect our open space in Dona Ana County. Your input is important.



We urge everyone to take 5 minutes and use this simple tool, provided by the Save the Trails organization, to automatically generate a personalized email letter to Congressman Pearce, Senator Domenici and Senator Bingaman.



THANK YOU for your help with this important effort.



Please forward this email to anyone you think would be interested in this important issue.





PRESERVE THE LAND FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT FROM THE PEOPLE



QUICK FACTS ---- HR 6300 PROVIDES:

1. Permanent retention of open space

2. Planned economic and population growth

3. Unrestricted application of Homeland Security and law enforcement activities

4. Prevention of the unlawful use of motorized vehicles off designated roads

5. Continued access to the areas for ALL segments of the public

6. Perpetuation of historical ranching operations

7. Access for flood control and water capture projects

8. Enhancement of wildlife and rangeland health

9. Integrity with respect to historical Wilderness concepts and law



If you have questions about this legislation, please visit our website:



www.PeopleForWesternHeritage.com





People for Preserving Our Western Heritage sends a hearty THANK YOU to Chris Horgan and Save The Trails (www.savethetrails.us) for providing this excellent tool supporting our efforts.

[Jerry Bransford]

Done, though mine won't actually get sent to them until I get home tonight to click on the link it gives to verify my email address.

[BillSchmill]

Done.