[Awclist] Artic national Wildlife Refuge petition

[Mary Scofield]

/Members -/

/The Adobe Whitewater Club has been approached to sign a request to 
Senator Bingaman to support designation of the AMWR as wilderness. We 
have quite a few members who have ran the rivers of ANWR and given 
presentations to other members concerning their experiences. As part of 
our mission is to protect rivers, the Board voted to support the petition.

In addition, the groups organizing the petition have asked us to let our 
members, who are business owners or organization officers, know about 
the petition and give them an opportunity to also sign. Those who would 
wish to sign on as individuals are asked to await a different petition 
drive.

Below is the information regarding the petition. If you are interested, 
please e-mail:
Christianne M Hinks
Chuck Houston
NMWA Volunteers for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
NM Steering Committee, Alaska Wilderness League
// sandhill at swcp.com


Mary Scofield
President
Adobe Whitewater Club of NM
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Dear Adobe Whitewater Club Member,

We’re writing to you as a group of New Mexico residents working to 
protect America’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. If you own or operate 
a business or organization in New Mexico, please join us in signing the 
letter below which asks New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman to help promote 
legislation that would permanently protect the threatened coastal plain 
of the Arctic Refuge as a designated Wilderness. As fellow New Mexicans, 
we hope you will join us in ensuring that this special place that 
belongs to all Americans is protected for all Americans for all time.

The letter was prepared by the Alaska Wilderness League’s 
(www.alaskawild.org) national field staff. Our intention is to present 
the letter in person to Senator Bingaman during an in-state meeting 
during the month of February. To sign on, please just reply to 
sandhill at swcp.com with your organization or business’s name, along with 
a contact person’s name and title. Please don’t send the attached letter 
to Senator Bingaman.

We hope you will join us in this important conservation effort. We also 
hope you will consider forwarding this request to businesses and 
organizations with whom you work in New Mexico for their signature. It 
is our hope to have 200 signatures on this letter by February, but to do 
so we will need your help.

Thanks for your support,

Steve Capra, Executive Director
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

Christianne M Hinks
Chuck Houston
NMWA Volunteers for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
NM Steering Committee, Alaska Wilderness League
/sandhill at swcp.com/