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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:12:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Action 4 Wilderness <action4wilderness@yahoo.com>
To: Paul A Falvo <pfalvo@chebucto.ns.ca>
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Many All-Terrain Vehicle users are pressuring the
Department of Environmentand Labour to allow them
access into protected Wilderness Areas. These areas
primarily are inteninfoded to protect wilderness- a
goal that can be underminedby ATV use. 

ATVs crush vegetation, leave permanent scars on
sensitive partsof the landscape, leave a trail of
pollution, frighten wildlife, damagewildlife habitat,
and provide poachers with access deep into the woods.
Onbeaches, they frighten birds and run over nests -
including those of theendangered Piping Plover.

In the near future the Minister of Environment will be
forming a policy on ATV use in Wilderness Areas. While
the Wilderness Areas Protection Act generally
prohibits vehicle use, there are some exceptions that
the Minister will be interpretting. It is therefore of
urgent importance that Nova Scotians who care about
the environment write to the Minister, the Premier,and
their local MLAs, asking that wilderness be protected
from all-terrainvehicles. The Canadian Parks and
Wilderness Society has written three possible letters
that you can print, sign, and mail to decision makers.
You can find these letters at:
www.cpawsns.org/campaigns_projects/atv.html

We recommend that you add  your personal comments to
these letters, or evenwrite letters of your own. You
can also find the address of your local MLAat the site
given above. Be sure to send them a copy of your
letter!.

Alternatively, write an e-mail now to Premier John
Hamm (premier@gov.ns.ca)or Minister David
Morse(doehlfx.baidenls@gov.ns.ca) expressing your
concernsabout all-terrain vehicles. While e-mail
messages are valuable, a printed letter will have a
greater impact.

Thank you for helping to protect our wilderness!
Action For Wilderness Coalition



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