>The Grand Mesa Jeep Club needs our help. Please read their message below
>and please take just a few moments to send the form letter included. Thanks
>for all your help. COHVCO has posted this form letter on thier website as
>well if you would like to cut and paste from it there. www.cohvco.org
>
>Carla
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>Recently the Grand Mesa Jeep Club and the BLM signed an adopt-a-trail
>agreement to construct a new four-wheel drive trail south of Grand Junction.
>Anti-access activists have since then organized a campaign to urge Ann
>Morgan, the Colorado State Director of the BLM, to reverse the Grand
>Junction field office's decision to allow this trail.
>
>We need YOU to send a letter supporting the field office's decision, the
>adopt-a-trail agreement, and the trail to Ann Morgan.
>
>Important: the deadline is Sunday, December 16, 2001, so your letter MUST be
>in the mail on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2001, in order to be POSTMARKED before
>the deadline because the post office is closed on Sunday.
>
>Instructions
>· Copy and paste the sample letter below into your word processor.
>· Add your name and address to the top.
>· Make any changes to personalize your letter.
>· Print out and sign the letter.
>· Mail on or before Saturday, December 15, 2001.
>
>
>*************Sample Letter************
>
>December 5, 2001
>
>Your Name and Address
>
>Ann Morgan, State Director
>Colorado State Office
>Bureau of Land Management
>2815 Youngfield Street
>Lakewood, CO 80215
>
>Dear Director Morgan:
>
>This letter is in support of Catherine Robertson's decision to allow a new
>four-wheel drive trail in a portion of Billings Canyon. This trail would
>replace the unique four-wheel drive opportunities that were lost when Bangs
>Canyon Management Plan was implemented.
>
>This is an ideal canyon to have the trail in because no new access routes
>are needed, it is in a steep sided canyon, and it is mostly sandstone and
>boulders. This would keep the environmental impact to a minimum.
>
>New trail construction is allowed for in the Bangs Canyon Management Plan
>and the Grand Mesa Jeep Club has followed all of BLM's processes and
>procedures to get approval to build this trail.
>
>I urge you to support Catherine Robertson's decision to allow this project
>to continue.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Your Signature
>
>
>Your Name


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:usa:

Sent the letter out today. I always include that OHV recreation affects my decision to visit a state or area of the country. Let them know that our decision to spend money in their area is directly related to their doing their job for equal access.

Joe