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Friends,
More good things have taken place during the
past week:
We've received copies of letters from Senator
Leibell and Assemblywoman
Galef sent to DEC Commissioner Crotty taking issue with the model
forest,
part of DEC's overall logging plans for 1620 acres in the county;
We've received copies of comments sent to DEC
from Marian Rose at CWCWC
and from other top tier environmental organizations.
We've prepared a flyer and letter writing campaign
to take on the issue
of the "even aged stand management" that DEC intends
to practice on 1620
acres in the region and;
We were pointed to this part of the DEC's own
rules:
S 11-0505. Interference with fish and wildlife.
5. No person shall rob or wilfully destroy
a nest of any protected birds unless a permit shall first
be obtained from the department. (1)
Does this mean that DEC needs to obtain a permit
for each bird's nest before they can remove a tree? Let's find
out!
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Here is a picture of the local resident
causing all this trouble.
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Here is a picture of all that stands between a forest
ready to be heavily logged and the drinking
water supply of almost 9 million Americans:
If the dam breaks... |
DEC does not have to cut short the life of our
forests! They could help us
manage our lands as natural ecosystems if they want to. We do,
why don't they?
Write to:
Commissioner Erin Crotty
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-1010
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/about/emailform.html
Tell the commissioner that we place a higher
value on the aesthetics of our
local forests than we do their value as an industrial farming
operation.
Chag Someach Chanukkah
Merry Christmas
Jeff Green
PlanPutnam
(1) http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=37&a=24
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