next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
> > >> From: intern@wcwcvictoria.org >> To: ccron72@hotmail.com >> Subject: Attention Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society! >> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:01:02 -0700 >> >> Dear Charles Cron, >> >> My name is Sonja and I am an intern at Western Canada Wilderness >> Committee at their Victoria office. We are seeking your help to >> create a National Park Reserve in the South Okanagen - Similkameen >> Valleys to protect BC’s grasslands, forests, and Canada’s only pocket >> desert. >> >> This fall the government will decide whether or not the proposed park >> comes to fruition.. With your help, we could get enough signatures on >> the petition to help in this regard. Posting the petition on your >> web-site and circulating it through your e-newsletters are ways in >> which you can help us get much-needed signatures, as well as simply >> signing the petition yourself and your staff. You could also write a >> letter on behalf of your organization to BC’s Premier Gordon Campbell >> and Prime Minister Stephen Harper. >> >> Below is an action alert to guide you. Thank you! Your help will be >> VITAL in ensuring that we don’t miss out on Canada’s greatest >> conservation opportunity! >> >> Sonja Futehally >> Wilderness Committee Intern >> ----------------- >> Help Establish a Sizeable Okanagan-Similkameen National Park Reserve! >> >> >> PETITION DRIVE needs YOUR help!! www.okanaganpetition.org >> >> Currently, Canadians are being presented with one of the most >> exceptional conservation opportunities in our history. The BC and >> federal governments have agreed to undertake Feasibility Study for a >> potential national park reserve to protect the desert, grasslands, >> and Ponderosa pine ecosystems of the South Okanagan and Similkameen >> Valleys in southern British Columbia. The local residents and the >> millions of Canadians who've visited the area know it is perhaps the >> most beautiful region of the country. Whether the national park >> reserve becomes a reality - or a lost opportunity - depends on YOUR >> input and the input of all Canadians. >> >> This region, around the towns of Osoyoos, Oliver, Keremeos and >> Cawston, has more species at risk than any other region of BC. Canyon >> wrens, white-headed woodpeckers, badgers, California bighorn sheep, >> tiger salamanders, spadefoot toads, pallid bats, spotted bats, >> scorpions, and rattlesnakes all inhabit the area. A national park >> here would encompass a greater diversity of ecosystems than any >> national park in Canada - 6 of BC's 14 major ecosystem types >> ("biogeoclimatic zones") are found in this little region. >> National parks are very rare - there are only 7 national parks in BC, >> in contrast to 1000 provincial parks and protected areas here. >> National parks tend to be much larger than provincial parks and have >> the highest standards of environmental protection. A national park >> reserve in the South Okanagan-Similkameen region would be the >> greatest conservation opportunity for a region that is the greatest >> conservation priority in Canada right now. >> >> Anyone who lives in North America knows that national parks greatly >> enhance local economies by increasing tourism revenues and providing >> local jobs, not to mention increasing the environmental quality of >> life for local people and all Canadians. >> This proposed park - a once in a lifetime opportunity - will only >> become a reality if enough Canadians speak up to the political >> decision-makers! >> >> Petition Drive needs YOUR help! >> >> Currently, we have about 4000 signatures on our petition to the >> federal government for the proposed national park reserve. Our goal >> is 10,000 signatures by Sept.31. YOUR help is vital to make this >> happen! This fall, the federal government will make a decision on >> whether or not the park will become a reality. >> >> Please sign our online petition and most importantly, download and >> circulate the petition among neighbors, passersby on the street, >> friends, family, classmates, coworkers, in your business (if you own >> one), at your church, etc. and then return the copies to us (return >> address at the bottom of the petition). >> >> Sign online and download hardcopies to circulate, and find out more, at: >> www.okanaganpetition.org >> >> >> Also, Please Write a Letter!: >> Please write to the governments of Canada and British Columbia and >> let them know whether or not you want them to commit to the >> establishment of a sizeable national park reserve in the South >> Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys that: >> >> Upholds the standard of protection afforded by the National Parks Act >> that forbids ranching, hunting, logging, and mining on national park >> reserve lands. >> >> Encompasses at least 100 000 hectares of currently unprotected Crown >> lands as well as existing provincial protected areas in the >> grasslands and forests of the region. >> >> Includes a $50 million parks acquisition fund to purchase private >> lands from willing sellers, to buy out grazing leases from willing >> sellers on Crown lands, and to provide conservation financing options >> for local First Nations. >> >> >> Encompasses the Vaseux Lake / White Lake region which contains the >> rarest, low elevation habitats in the proposal. >> >> Write to: >> >> Prime Minister Stephen Harper >> 80 Wellington St. >> Ottawa, ONT K1A 0A2 >> Fax: 613-941-6900 >> Pm@pm.gc.ca >> (No postage needed if mailed in Canada) >> >> Premier Gordon Campbell >> Legislative Buildings >> Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 >> Fax: 250-387-0087 >> Premier@gov.bc.ca >> (Postage is required) >> >> Be sure to include your mailing address. >> Thank you for taking a stand for this most exceptional part of >> Canada's heritage! >> For further information please contact: >> Western Canada Wilderness Committee >> 651 Johnson Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1M7 >> Phone:(250) 388-9292 >> Fax: (250) 388-9223 >> Email: info@wcwcvictoria.org >> Website: www.wcwcvictoria.org >> >>
next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects