[ft-l] Special Alert: Bush Administration Failing NationalParks

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To Bob: propaganda

n : information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
Source: WordNet ? 1.6, ? 1997 Princeton University 

We, on this site are interested in promoting the outdoors and preservation of such, which includes the National Parks.  If you aren't interested in that, why are you on this site?  It doesn't really matter which administration or whose policies are involved but on what is happening because of their policies and decisions.  We need to let those in power know what  their contstituents think.  Mary Pat Cross

From: "Bob Sartini" <r.sartini@rcn.com>
Date: 2003/06/16 Mon PM 02:13:55 EDT
To: <ft-l@backcountry.net>
Subject: Re: [ft-l] Special Alert: Bush Administration Failing National Parks

i wish this kind of propaganda could be kept of this site
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Wimmer" <kwimmer@fs.fed.us>
To: <ft-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 12:49 PM
Subject: [ft-l] Special Alert: Bush Administration Failing National Parks


> FYI.  Deborah Stewart-Kent, Executive Director of the Florida Trail
> Association asked that I forward to you this Parklines alert from the
> National Parks Conservation Association .
>
> Kent
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Parklines
> To: Floyd & Linda Ayers
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:34 PM
> Subject: Special Alert: Bush Administration Failing National Parks
>
>
>  ADMINISTRATION EARNS D- ON NATIONAL PARKS
>
>  NPCA today released a report card that highlights the Bush
> administration's failure to protect our national parks. As a key park
> advocate we need your help to stop the administration's actions that are
> having a devastating effect on the parks.
>
>  NPCA's detailed assessment illustrates the administration's pervasive
> pattern of damaging national park policies over the past two and a half
> years, including:
>
>  a.. The decision to roll back the Clean Air Act, which threatens visitor
> enjoyment of national parks as well as their health and harms the plants
> and animals that live in these special places.
>
>  b.. A top-down mandate to privatize up to 70 percent of all positions in
> the already understaffed National Park Service which will undermine park
> protection, the experience of park visitors, and efforts to diversify the
> Park Service workforce.
>
>  c.. A failure to fullfill the administration's promise to eliminate the
> maintenance and construction backlog. In addition, the administration has
> not yet adequately addressed insufficient park operating budgets, which
> lead to the maintenance backlog and the failure to address insufficient
> park operating budgets.
>
>  d.. The use of the provision in the antiquated 1866 Mining Law, Revised
> Statute 2477, to encourage county and state governments to claim
everything
> from wheelbarrow ruts and stream beds as roads and pave our national
parks.
>
>  The president and the Secretary of the Interior are charged with
> protecting our National Park System. This administration has not met its
> commitment and in fact has pushed through policies that threaten nearly
> every facet of park protection.
>
>  We need your voice, your passion, and your time. The only way to protect
> our national parks is to work together to ensure that decisions made by
> Congress and the administration protect our parks. Millions of Americans
> cherish our national parks but they need your help. Only if you take
action
> will parks receive the protection needed so that future generations can
> still enjoy hiking to the top of Mount Rainier, exploring the cliff
> dwellings of Mesa Verde, and stepping back into history at Gettysburg.
>
>  There are many ways you can help. Send a letter to your representative
and
> senators, letting them know that they cannot stand by and let our national
> parks become irrevocably damaged.
>
>  In addition, you can:
>
>  Getting other people involved is critical. We have over 32,000 activists
> but if everyone who received this email sent it to just 10 people we could
> reach 320,000!
>
>  We have drafted a sample letter to the editor on our letter to the editor
> page that you can tailor and send to papers in your own area. This reaches
> out to more members of your community and can help get the media involved
> in covering the story and raise awareness with members of Congress and the
> administration.
>
>  You can bring the park protection message to your friends and community
> members by organizing a get together, or utilizing an existing way folks
> come together such as a Kiwanis or Rotary Club or church group, you can
> share your concerns for and commitment to our national parks and at the
> same time get them to write letters to decision-makers urging their
> leadership to protect the parks.
>
>  Your tax deductible donation will help us to continue the fight to
protect
> our national parks and you will receive our National Parks magazine that
> will help bring the parks right to your door.
>
>  Over the years, park advocates have been the key to protecting our
> national parks and we need your help now more than ever. Thank you for
your
> dedication and commitment to our national parks.
>
>
>  Visit us online at www.npca.org
>
>
>
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>
> Kent L. Wimmer, AICP
> Florida National Scenic Trail Liaison
> Florida Trail Association, Inc.
> kwimmer@fs.fed.us
> (850) 523-8576 (w)
> (850) 523-8578 (fax)
> (850) 386-8442 (h)
> Mailing address:
> USDA Forest Service
> National Forests in Florida
> 325 John Knox Rd, F-100
> Tallahassee, FL 32303-4160
>
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