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News Releases and Action Alerts - 2001
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12/18/01, ANNOUNCEMENT OF JOB OPENING.
Chapter Administrative Assistant/Newsletter Editor. Application
Deadline: Monday, January 14, 2002 at 5 p.m. Full-time,
Salary: $2041.66/month, Plus benifits. More
info...
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Hurry-only one week left to register for Ironwoods
outing... IRONWOODS, WE HARDLY KNOW YA! 10am to 6pm, Saturday,
November 17, 2001 Wow, the Ironwood Monument in November.
Talk about exquisite beauty and great weather. Please show your support
for your newest National Monument at a benefit for the Sierra Club's
Grand Canyon Chapter. More info...
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November 14, 2001, Sierra Club Gives Phoenix
Area an "F" For Efforts to Clear the Air with Transit.
Study Shows Investing in Public Transportation Clears the Air. More
info...
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November 9, 2001, GOVERNOR HULL IS THREATENING
THE HERITAGE FUND, PLEASE ACT NOW TO PROTECT ARIZONA'S WILDLIFE AND
PARKS. Governor Hull's budget proposal would basically zero out
dollars to the Heritage Fund in the next two fiscal years. Please
call the Governor and your Legislators today and ask them to leave
the Heritage Fund alone and to oppose any efforts to divert these
important dollars. Please ask the governor to drop this plan to raid
the Heritage Fund. You can reach her office at 602-542-4331 or toll
free 1-800-253-0883, email her at azgov@azgov.state.az.us,
or fax her at 602-542-7601. More info...
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November 2, 2001, Urban Sprawl Endangers
Public Health, New CDC report finds link. In a report released
yesterday by Sprawl Watch, the national clearinghouse on best land-use
practices, doctors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) found primary links between unmanaged growth and public health.
More...
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November 1, 2001, Please help protect Ironwood
Forest National Monument! Ask the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission
Line Siting Committee to deny approval of the Toltec Power Station.
The Toltec Power Station will be located in a flat basin surrounded
on two sides by Ironwood Forest National Park and
on a third side by Picacho Peak State Park. Three
huge 600 MW natural gas-fired units are planned. Six smoke stacks
will tower 175 feet above the surrounding landscape. More
info and sample letter...
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OCTOBER 2, 2001, Arizona Call-In Day to
Protect the ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE Help to protect
some of America's last true wilderness from the devastation of oil
drilling. Senator John McCain recently announced his opposition to
drilling legislation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This
is an incredible victory and we need to thank him. More
info, addresses, and phone numbers...
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GAME AND FISH STILL GUNNING FOR MOUNTAIN
LIONS, YOUR LETTERS AND CALLS NEEDED TO STOP "EXPERIMENT"
Once again, we need your help with this mountain lion proposal.
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission and Department are gearing up
to kill up to 36 mountain lions near Saguaro, Apache, and Canyon Lakes
on the Tonto National Forest as part of a preposterous plan to assess
the impact of lion predation on bighorn sheep. More...
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ACT NOW TO HELP BRING BACK BLACK-TAILED
PRAIRIE DOGS, THEY’RE CRITICAL TO THE HEALTH OF ARIZONA'S GRASSLANDS
Prairie dogs are key to the health of many ecosystems including
some of Arizona's grassland communities. Without prairie dogs, the
health and biodiversity of these grassland areas are significantly
threatened. Burrowing and grazing activities by prairie dogs enhance
plant diversity and productivity and increase the nutritive value
of plants for other grazing animals. Please send your letter of
support before September 30, 2001, Also, if possible, please attend
the Game and Fish Commission meeting in Phoenix on October 19th!
More press release...
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08-09-01, Secretary of the Interior Gale
Norton and Arizona Senator Jon Kyl Turn Flagstaff Public Event Into
Private Exclusive Party
Nearly 100 Flagstaff residents, including environmentalists, the local
4-H Club, Forest Service employees, elected city and county officials,
and members of the Navajo and Hopi tribes, took time off from work
and assembled at the Gus Pearson Natural Area to attend a public news
conference. As all these folks stood patiently in the rain, waiting
for Norton and Kyl to make their promised appearance, the news conference
was conducted secretly just a few hundred yards down the road, in
an area restricted to media and "dignitaries." More
press release...
- NEWS ADVISORY, 08-07-01, Release of Arizona
Poll on National Monuments
The results of a statewide poll demonstrating broad public support for
the five new Bureau of Land Management national monuments in Arizona
will be released at a news conference by five environmental groups.
The poll was sponsored by the Sierra Club, Republicans for Environmental
Protection, the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, The Wilderness
Society and the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies. More
press release... and full
report download.
- Bush Administration Takes Aim at Our Last
Wild Forests: Your Letters Are Urgently Needed
Once again our National Forests need your help! You can help
ensure that our last wild forests are protected for future generations,
not logged for short-term profit. The Bush Administration is moving
to sacrifice the last wild areas of our National Forests to clearcut
logging, roadbuilding, and other destructive activities. More
about the issue and mailing, emailing and fax info...
ACTION ALERT: 07-27-01, SAVE
THE BIG SANDY RIVER! Caithness Big Sandy, L.L.C. (yes, another
limited liability company) is proposing to build the Big Sandy Energy
Project, a 750-megawatt gas fired power plant. The proposed location
for the facility is about 4 miles southeast of Wikieup,
about 2 miles east of where Highway 93 crosses the Big Sandy River.
The project includes the power plant and associated facilities, a
500kV substation with transmission lines, a water
supply system including a field of deep groundwater wells, a natural
gas supply pipeline, and development of land for agricultural purposes.
Don't let Arizona become the power farm for California. Additional
info, meeting dates, addresses, and more...
- ACTION ALERT: 07-26-01, STOP POWER LINE
CONSTRUCTION IN YOUR NATIONAL FORESTS! Tucson Electric Power
(TEP) is proposing to run a new huge electric transmission line through
the Coronado National Forest -- your national forest.
The TEP proposal involves construction of a 345kv line that would run
from the Sahuarita substation 60 miles to the Mexican border via the
west side of the Tumacacori Mountains, north to south through 28 miles
of the Coronado National Forest to the Ruby Road, and east toward Nogales
along the northern boundary of the Sycamore Canyon/Pajarita Wilderness.
TEP's alternative route would go down the east side of the Tumacacoris
using the El Paso Gas pipeline easement through 14 miles of Coronado
National Forest. Additional info, meeting
dates, and more...
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07-17-01, PLEASE ACT IMMEDIATELY TO STOP
ILL-CONCEIVED MOUNTAIN LION EXPERIMENT The Arizona Game and
Fish Department (Department) is proposing to kill 12 to 36
mountain lions in the next three years as part to of an unnecessary,
wasteful and scientifically questionable experiment intended to assess
the impact of mountain lion removal on a reintroduced population of
desert bighorn sheep on the Tonto National Forest near Saguaro, Apache,
and Canyon lakes. The Department is proposing this despite the fact
that disease, drought and many other factors are influencing the bighorn
sheep herd. SEND YOUR LETTERS NOW – DEADLINE JULY 20TH!
More info and sample letter...
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ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SLIDESHOW
AND GWICH'IN SPEAKER COMING TO PHOENIX The "Last Great
Wilderness Project" will be presented by Lenny Kohm and is a
superb slide presentation about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
the last great American frontier. In addition, Ms. Sandra Newman,
a member of the Gwich'in Nation will talk about the potential impact
of oil development on the Gwich'in peoples traditional way of life.
These two riveting programs will be presented back to back at Trinity
Cathedral on July 5th, from 7p.m.-9p.m. and will
be followed by a FREE Ice Cream social.
The program is sponsored by the Sierra Club. Admission is
free. For more information contact the Sierra Club at 602-254-9330.
More slideshow and Refuge information...
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June 6, 2001, Mexican Wolf Recovery Program
Up for Discussion
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is holding eleven community
open house meetings as part of a process to determine how to improve
the three year old program that established an experimental population
of Mexican wolves in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
More...
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Action Alert, 05-02-01: Ironwood Forest
National Monument is under siege.
We need your help today to let our elected officials
know we support this monument. Representative Jim Kolbe (AZ District
5) is planning to visit Ironwood this month with representatives from
ASARCO mining company. ASARCO has apparently asked that the monument
be carved up into four pieces so they can access copper deposits within
it. WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN! More
alert and contact info...
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Action Alert, 05-01-01: Sonoran
Desert National Monument Public Meetings
Please attend any of these community information meetings. We need
to let BLM know we support the Monument at its current acreage, and
that we oppose changes to monument boundaries or management to allow
for increased consumptive uses. More
info and meeting dates...
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Action Alert, 04-30-01: Support the Mexican
Gray Wolf
Please attend this critical Arizona Game & Fish Commission
meeting on Saturday May 12, 2001 at 1:30 p.m. at the Manor House
Conference Center, 415 E. Hwy 70 in Safford Arizona. Show your support
for the Mexican Gray Wolf recovery program and also for the participation
of the Game and Fish Department in this program. More
meeting and carpooling information...
Page updated: 08/06/01
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