[Coalition_for_valle_vidal] Valle Vidal Public Hearings - August 2005

[Jennifer Goldman]

VALLE VIDAL PUBLIC HEARINGS
Please Attend In Your Area!
 
The Carson National Forest is Holding Public Hearings on the Valle Vidal¹s
Future 
 
Raton - August  23rd, at 2pm and 7pm ­ Raton Convention Center, 9021  S.3rd
St., Raton, NM 
Taos ­ August 25th, at 2pm and 7pm ­ Taos Convention Center, 120 Civic Plaza
Drive, Taos, NM 
Santa Fe - August 30th at 2pm and 7pm ­ Santa Fe Community College, 6401
Richards Ave., Santa Fe, NM

 
Sign-in will begin one hour prior to each meeting
 
These hearings are the first opportunity for the PUBLIC TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY
during this official ³scoping² on the future of the Valle Vidal.  A showing
of strong support for protecting the Valle Vidal is critical.
 
The Forest Service will provide the latest information on the Forest Plan
amendment process for the Valle Vidal.  The Forest Service will also solicit
verbal or written comments on the amendment process from area residents.

Please join the Coalition for the Valle Vidal at these hearings and submit
oral or written comments on:

    1.  How you value the Valle Vidal,
    2.  Why the Valle Vidal is important to you,
    3.  How would you like to see the Valle managed.

IT IS VITAL that we tell the Forest Service that we want to see the entire
Valle Vidal closed to leasing and development of oil and gas resources NOW,
in this Forest Plan Amendment stage, and NOT in another, future Forest
Service planning process.  The Valle Vidal is too precious to remained
threatened by Big Oil¹s wells, roads, pipelines, compressor stations, toxic
chemicals and traffic!!

See  http://www.vallevidal.org/urgent.html for more information on effective
talking points.

Written comments concerning the proposed amendment should be submitted at
the hearing or sent to:

Carson National Forest
Attn: Valle Vidal Forest Plan Amendment
208 Cruz Alta Road 
Taos, NM 87571 

Or by email: comments-southwestern-carson at fs.fed.us : "Valle Vidal
Amendment" must be in the subject line of the email.

Comments are due by September 14, 2005

For more information on preparing comments visit
http://www.vallevidal.org/urgent.html