I appreciate your comments
but Please I don't need this kind of discouragement. I continue to ask
everyone to reply. It does matter here. This particular Forest is
extremely sensitive to petitions and public opinion. Please continue to
respond.
This is exactly right! I work for the Forest Circus, so can vouch
for this being true. <G> Petitions, even those
signed by 500 people, don't count for more than a letter written by a
single person. Same with form letters. One cannot rack up "votes"
by making copies of form letters and having people sign them and mail them in
separately. The way the FS looks at comments is, they read letters and
look for "significant issues;" that is, they want to see substantive reasons
and issues in a letter. So explain "what" your concerns are, "why"
you have those concerns, possibly "what" might alleviate your concerns,
etc. If you don't live near an area on which you are commenting, but you
do travel there to do rides, note that.
Hope this helps...
Dawn in East Texas
-----Original Message----- From: Mel
Cochran <brio_gal@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: annie@xxxxxxxxx;
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:13:22 -0500 Subject:
RE: [RC] [RC] Rite To Ride Help Us!!
A word of
advice...
Form letters/Petitions do not work with the
Forest Service. When they get the same text from a bunch of different people
they count it as one letter. You do not get the benefit of numbers by doing
things that way. If you really want to be heard, everyone that has an interest
needs to take a moment to write their own individual message and send it.
Another good thing to do is make sure that your Congressmen are aware. The
Forest Service has to pay attention when they get a
Congressional!
Just a little tip on getting the giant to
listen :-)
Good
Luck!
Mel
>From: "Annie" <annie@xxxxxxxxx> >To:
"Ridecamp Endurance" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"goneridin"
><goneridin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >CC:
<Flying-A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<SWDRA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject:
[RC] Rite To Ride Help Us!! Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:54:05
>-0700 > >I want to try something that I don't know
if it has been tried before. If >you are in support of this letter please
reply to me, not to the group. >annie@xxxxxxxxx Then I can fwd the
'petition' to all the appropriate >agencies here in NM. They would like to
ignore us because they don't >understand how big we really are. Lets show
them. This makes it real >easy for you to pitch in. I will appreciate a
great turn out on this. >Just type in I agree, your name and town and reply
to me. Thank you. >Annie George . > >
------------------------------------------------------------------- > We
the Endurance and Pleasure horseback >riders of the USA are opposed to any
destruction or OHV infiltration into >the Burro Mountain area of the Gila
Forest of New Mexico. We regard our >rite to ride and camp in the National
Forests of the USA in peace and >safety as extremely important. We ask the
Gila Forest Supervisor Marcia >Andre and the District Ranger Russell Ward
to deny the planned sacrifice >of the Burros to OHV use. As time goes by it
is increasing difficult to >find places to ride and to have organized
Endurance rides. We strive to >protect what we have. The Burro Mtn area has
been an historical site for >endurance rides for over 25 years. We feel
that the grandfathered status we >have should carry some weight. Thank
you.
