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How you can help

Thursday, 03 September 2009 14:54
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This is what you can do to help!

Please contact our Congressmen, Senators and County Commissioners, and let them know how the Hidden Gems proposal will affect you personally. Let them know how many years of memories, family times, recreation etc., you have had in the White River Nat’l Forests. Tell your personal stories. Let them know why you don’t agree with the Hidden Gems proposal. The most important thing is to do it SOON!

The Hidden Gems are trying to get this pushed through as soon as they possibly can, so we need to act now! Don’t wait! We CAN do this, we CAN keep our public lands open, but we have to be heard, we have to act! Also, letters to the Editors would be great to get the word out to the people that have no idea that this is going on! Don’t be sorry that you didn’t act.

Below is the contact information for the Representatives. Please contact them either by phone, mail, or email. Let’s fill their “in boxes”, their PO Boxes and keep their phones ringing off the hooks!

For those of you who live outside the area, where your representatives aren’t familiar with the Hidden Gems ground work that’s being laid, wait and contact your congressman etc. … once the bill is introduced, then we will appreciate all of your letters and calls at that time!

Contact info:

For Eagle & Summit County

Congressman Jared Polis
Email http://polis.house.gov
Boulder Office: 303-484-9596
Washington DC Office: 202-225-2161

For Garfield, Pitkin, Mesa, Delta and Gunnison Counties

Congressman John T Salazar
Email http://www.house.gov/salazar/contact.shtml
Grand Junction Office: 970-245-7107
Alamosa Office: 719-587-5105
Washington DC Office: 202-225-4761

Colorado Senators

Senator Mark Udall
Email http://markudall.senate.gov
Phone# 970-245-9553 Grand Junction

Senator Michael Bennet
Email http://bennet.senate.gov
Phone# 970-241-6631 Grand Junction

County Commissioners

Delta County Commissioners:

Commissioner McCracken
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Commissioner Hovde

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Commissioner Lund

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Mailing Address and Phone numbers:

Delta County Courthouse
501 Palmer Street, Suite 211
Delta, CO 81416
Ph: (970) 874-2150
Fax: (970) 874-2161

Eagle County Commissioners:

Sara Fisher
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Peter Runyon
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Jon Stavney
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Mailing Address and Phone numbers:

Eagle County Courthouse
Box 850
Eagle, CO 81631-0850
PH: (970)-328-8605
Fax: (970)-328-8629

Garfield County Commissioners:

John Martin
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(970)-945-5004

Mike Samson
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(970)-625-5914

Tresi Houpt
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(970)-384-3665

Mailing Address:
109 8th Street
Glenwood Springs CO 81601

Gunnison County Commissioners:

Hap Channell
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Cell: 970-209-5259

Paula Swenson
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Cell: 970-209-6920

Jim Starr
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Cell: 970-209-2910

Mesa County Commissioners:

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(970)244-1605

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(970)244-1604

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(970)244-1606

Pitkin County Commissioners:

Patti Clapper
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(970)-925-1990

Jack Hatfield
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(970)-923-4680

Michael Owsley
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(970)-379-8933

George Newman
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(970)-920-5158

Rachel Richards
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(970)-925-5366

Mailing address:
Pitkin County Courthouse
530 E. Main St, 3rd floor
Aspen, CO 81611

Summit County Commissioners:

Bob French
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(970)-453-3411

Thomas Davidson
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(970)-453-3413

Karn Stiegelmeier
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(970)-453-3412

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Newsflash

The White River Forest Alliance would like to extend a thank you to everyone
who attended the public dialog and forum held on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Dos
Gringos in Carbondale. Thanks also to Nelson Oldham and the staff of Dos
Gringos who graciously kept the place open late for this forum.

More than 100 wilderness advocates were present, representing a wide
spectrum of user groups, including ranchers, the disabled community,
mountain bikers, dirt-bike riders, hikers, snowmobilers, 4-wheel drivers,
and cross- and backcountry skiers. The forum primarily focused on what is
the true definition of Wilderness, what it means to us as a community and
how we can better work together and develop protocols to preserve our wild
lands while still being able to continue to utilize them.

Scott Fitzwilliams of the White River National Forest and Perry Will from
the Colorado Department of Wildlife were on hand to answer questions
pertaining to their specific organizations. Fitzwilliams spoke directly of
how we can all help augment the staff of the White River National Forest in
maintaining our public lands and educated us as to the process of the WRNF
Travel Management Plan. Will explained in detail the effect of what might
happen to funding for and care of wildlife in the event of blanket closures
of wilderness lands to Wilderness designation.

The White River Forest Alliance is a purely volunteer, Wilderness advocacy
group representing the multiuser in working for protection of our public
wild lands. The goal of the White River Forest Alliance is to create
awareness through education that alternative ways of protecting public lands
exist while still maintaining access and encouraging individuals to take
personal responsibility in gaining a better understanding of and
collaboration between user groups. We encourage the community to become
educated as to what Wilderness means and the processes of what constitutes
Wilderness designation.

White River Forest Alliance