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- To: <Goodmanslc at aol dot com>, "Jack Greene" <jgreene at lhs dot logan dot k12 dot ut dot us>, "Lynn Carroll" <bradlynn at earthlink dot net>, "Ann O'Connell" <oconnell at xmission dot com>, <biores at mtwest dot net>, "Keith Evans" <kee0440 at aol dot com>, "John & Carol Bellmon" <jcbellmon at email dot msn dot com>, <BirderB at aol dot com>, <turtleherder at hotmail dot com>, "Nathan Darnall" <Nathan_Darnall at fws dot gov>, "Nathan Darnall" <cnathan2bird at msn dot com>, "Alice Lindahl" <alindahl at bridgernet dot com>, "Bill Masslich" <bmasslich at pcu dot net>, "Bryan Dixon" <bdixon at xmission dot com>, "Lee Shirley" <lshirley at xmission dot com>
- Subject: Helping with Statewide Initiative for Critical Lands
- From: "Wayne Martinson" <wmart dot dsawyer at aros dot net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:13:04 -0600
- Cc: <jhengesbaugh at mail dot uofu dot net>, <jhengesbaugh at uofu dot net>, "Alan Matheson" <amatheson@tu.org>, <erperkins at earthlink dot net>, <maunsel3616 at msn dot com>, "Dick Carter" <carterpettis at mtwest dot net>, <ldefreitas at earthlink dot net>, "Jeff Salt" <jeffsalt@greatsaltlakeaudubon.org>, <jimorkin at relia dot net>, <ekent at co dot slc dot ut dot us>, <kanevill at kennecott dot com>, <mark.clemens@sierraclub.org>, "Ivan Weber" <phyto at utah-inter dot net>, <merritt@utahrivers.org>, "Dan Potts" <Dan_Karen_Potts at msn dot com>, <tbenedict@hawkwatch.org>, "Owen Hogle" <shogle at vii dot com>, <jlehmann@tnc.org>
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Please Protect Utah's Future by Helping to Gather
30,000 Signatures by May 31!We have eight weeks to qualify Utah's FIRST conservation initiative for the 2004 ballot.Concerned citizens and organizations have launched a statewide ballot initiative in Utah to protect our natural treasures, such as clean water, critical lands, recreation areas, and family farms.In order to qualify this unprecedented measure for the 2004 ballot, volunteers must gather signatures from approximately 30,000 registered Utah voters by May 31, 2004. For more background information, please see below. If you are able to gather signatures or make a donation, please immediately contact:
Jamie GibbsIf you send an email or leave a voice mail message, please include all of your contact information and specify how you would like to help. We especially need people who can gather signatures at events with other volunteers.
Utahns For Clean Water, Clean Air & Quality GrowthWhat is "Utahns for Clean Water, Clean Air & Quality Growth?"Itâs a political issues committee organized under section 20A-11-801 of the State Elections Law that has been formed to help place a $150 million conservation bond on the 2004 ballot. Supporters of this organization include civic leaders, conservation organizations and concerned citizens like you.Why the Urgency?Utah is changing fast. Our population is projected to grow by another one million people by 2020âso the question isnât if we are going to grow, but how. Increasing growth will bring more development, traffic, pressures on our parklands and recreation areas, and threats to our clean air and clean water. Even now, critical lands are being converted to development every day.If we do not act now, we risk losing the quality of life that makes Utah such a great place to live. We also risk leaving our children and their children without clean water or clean air. The choices we make today are crucial.If voters approve this measure, funds will be spent for statewide needs such as protecting:land around riverslakes and streamssources of drinking waterwetlands and critical wildlife habitatfamily farms and ranches
museums of natural history
historic and cultural landmarks
city, county and state parks trails
greenways and recreational facilities.You Care About Utahâs FutureUtahâs critical lands, our redrock canyons, mountain forests, and clear lakes and streams are the foundation of our quality of life. Now, more than ever, we must act to protect these treasures while we still have time. In order to get this conservation bond on the ballot, Utahns for Clean Water, Clean Air & Quality Growth needs your help!You Can Help NOW in this Historic Effort!At this time, Utahns for Clean Water, Clean Air & Quality Growth is organizing a signature gathering drive to place the proposed conservation bond on the 2004 ballot. Approximately 120,000 signatures must be collected by May 31 -- that includes the extra signatures needed to compensate for invalid signatures. Of the 120,000 signatures, 30,000 must be gathered by volunteers.If you would like to help, please email Jamie Gibbs at jgibbs@utahlands2004.org. Volunteers are needed immedtaely to help collect signatures and volunteer at the campaign headquarters.THIS CAMPAIGN'S SUCCESS DEPENDS ON MOTIVATED VOLUNTEERS AND WORD OF MOUTHâPLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR FRIENDS AND ASK FOR THEIR GREATLY NEEDED SUPPORT!
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