04-23-2006, 01:32 AM
[font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Save the Smith River!
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The Smith River is the last major undammed river in California. Located near the Oregon border, the Smith supports the state's healthiest wild runs of steelhead, coastal cutthroat trout and chinook salmon and just might be the finest river ecosystem in California.
While over ninety percent of the River lies within the Smith River National Recreation Area, the future of the Smith is far from secure. Its largest tributary, Goose Creek, is owned by a logging company and a new forty-year harvesting cycle is fast-approaching. The health of the Smith is inseperable from the health of Goose Creek which provides a dependable flow of cold, clean water to the South Fork Smith, even in times of drought, and is an important sactuary for endangered aquatic species.
Fortunately, Goose Creek's owner, Green Diamond Resources, has agreed to sell its entire 9,483-acre plot of the watershed, which could then be added to the National Recreation Area.
Unfortunately, the price tag is nearly nearly $6 million.
More than half the purchase price has been set aside by the federal government but the remainder has been excised from this year's budget. That's why we need you to help us restore this vital piece of funding.
Please take a moment to write Senator Feinstein to urge her to fight for a restoration of the funding for the Goose Creek acquisition.
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The Smith River is the last major undammed river in California. Located near the Oregon border, the Smith supports the state's healthiest wild runs of steelhead, coastal cutthroat trout and chinook salmon and just might be the finest river ecosystem in California.
While over ninety percent of the River lies within the Smith River National Recreation Area, the future of the Smith is far from secure. Its largest tributary, Goose Creek, is owned by a logging company and a new forty-year harvesting cycle is fast-approaching. The health of the Smith is inseperable from the health of Goose Creek which provides a dependable flow of cold, clean water to the South Fork Smith, even in times of drought, and is an important sactuary for endangered aquatic species.
Fortunately, Goose Creek's owner, Green Diamond Resources, has agreed to sell its entire 9,483-acre plot of the watershed, which could then be added to the National Recreation Area.
Unfortunately, the price tag is nearly nearly $6 million.
More than half the purchase price has been set aside by the federal government but the remainder has been excised from this year's budget. That's why we need you to help us restore this vital piece of funding.
Please take a moment to write Senator Feinstein to urge her to fight for a restoration of the funding for the Goose Creek acquisition.
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[url "http://ga3.org/campaign/goosecreek/forward"]http://ga3.org/campaign/goosecreek/forward[/url]
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