[Occupymendocino] FW: URGENT: TAKE ACTION NOW to 'Defend Ancient Redwoods, Save Richardson Grove State Park!' on Change.org

[Ann Rennacker]

We must save the drive-thru tree and Richardson Grove from CalTrans!!
 
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:29:10 +0000
From: mail at change.org
To: annxpress at live.com
Subject: URGENT: TAKE ACTION NOW to 'Defend Ancient Redwoods, Save Richardson Grove State Park!' on Change.org

Greetings ALL~


Over the past several years this petition to Defend Ancient Redwoods has continued to gather signatures. I just want to personally send my deepest gratitude to ALL of you who have signed and forwarded this petition.  


Through actions and lawsuits Caltrans has been unable to "touch" Richardson Grove State Park.


Alas, they are back and hoping to start construction mid-2014.


Below is a letter from then Environmental Protection Information Center requesting that everyone TAKE ACTION NOW.


Help us continue to be a voice for the trees--- for the Ancient Redwoods.


Much respect and gratitude,

Aliana


>From EPIC: 


 Take Action Link: http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5349/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15562


Take action. The fate of Richardson Grove State Park is in your hands. Caltrans is now accepting comments on the newly released Supplement to the Environmental Assessment for the Richardson Grove highway-widening project during a 30-day public comment period that will end on October 21, 2013.

After a sternly worded remand from a federal court in April 2012, in which Caltrans was determined to have been “arbitrary and capricious” in their use of “false data,” Caltrans has flouted the federal court order by coming back with yet another inadequate analysis for the Richardson Grove Operational Improvement Project. Caltrans is now communicating to the public that they will begin construction on the Richardson Grove project in mid-2014.


We are at a critical junction in our ongoing community supported campaign to stop Caltrans from conducting destructive activities amongst these ancient redwoods of Richardson Grove, which were supposed to be protected in perpetuity under the California State Park System. Your comments are vital. 


As this inadequate analysis demonstrates, Caltrans continues to downplay and ignore how road construction activities, tree thinning, old-growth root cutting, and long-term impacts of highway expansion will impact the irreplaceable old-growth ecosystem protected in the park.


Now is your chance to speak up for the trees. There is less than 3% of the original ancient redwood temperate rainforest left after more than a century of intense human economic development in the redwood region. Most all of the ancient redwoods that remain are held in isolated pockets of park-protected forests.  We can’t risk losing any of these last redwood giants. Don’t let Caltrans degrade this public trust resource further when other viable alternatives are possible. Please take action now to ensure that this sacred and magical place is protected for future generations.


Click here to take action today!

 http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5349/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15562




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