Please distribute as widely as possible! > > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 1998 1:46 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Bluewater's November News > > > > BLUEWATER NETWORK EMAIL ACTION ALERT/ NEWS UPDATE > > November 1998 > > > > **** > > Welcome to our November issue! > > > > IMPORTANT! > > > > The deadline for comments on jet ski use in the National Park System is > > NOVEMBER 16! > > > > Tell the Park Service that you want a ban on jet skis throughout the > > entire > > National Park System. If you haven't already sent comments in, please > > send > > your comments to Chip Davis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to our online > > petition at: http://www.earthisland.org/takeaction/actionalert_bw4.html > > and > > sign on. Don't forget to click on the "Send to your friends" button and > > send out an e-mail with a direct link to the petition to as many as ten of > > friends, family and colleagues. > > > > > > ***** > > > > CONTENTS: > > > > (1) UPDATES/ URGENT CALL FOR ACTION! > > - GRAND TETON AND WHISKEYTOWN STILL NEED YOUR HELP! > > > > (2) RECENT VICTORIES/ GOOD NEWS: > > -Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) Bans Jet Skis > > -Bluewater Network works to protect marine mammals: proposes a ban > > on TBT to International Maritime Organization (IMO). > > > > (3) HELP BLUEWATER! GREATER BAY AREA (CA) ONLY: > > -BAY AREA ONLY: > > LET YOUR OLD CAR LEAD US TO A GREENER FUTURE (AND > > RECEIVE AN IRS TAX DEDUCTION). > > (4) HELP BLUEWATER! > > -SNOWMOBILE STORIES NEEDED > > -ARE JET SKIS HURTING YOUR BUSINESS? > > > > > > ***** > > > > (1) UPDATES/ URGENT Call for action! > > > > GRAND TETON AND WHISKEYTOWN STILL NEED YOUR HELP! > > > > Last month we noted that both Grand Teton National Park and Whiskeytown > > National Recreation Area were considering regulating jet skis. We > > received an excellent response! Thank you to everyone who sent letters. > > > > However, the Superintendent of Grand Teton is continuing to waver on the > > issue, and still needs to receive letters and phone calls urging a > > complete > > ban on jet ski use. > > > > SEND A LETTER! At the end of the newsletter is a sample letter (with the > > email and snail mail address) to send to the Park Superintendent. If you > > would like to try our new automatic letter on our web site, go to: > > http://www.earthisland.org/takeaction/actionalert_bw2.html. > > > > Superintendent David Pugh at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area has > > developed a lake management plan which includes a ban on jet skis. > > However, at the hearing for this plan, jet skiers attended in full force > > and anti-jet ski activists were shouted down. Please let Superintendent > > David Pugh know that you support the ban! > > > > SEND A LETTER (sample letter with the email and snail mail address > > included at the end of the email) or try the auto-letter at: > > http://www.earthisland.org/takeaction/actionalert_bw3.html > > > > > > ******************** > > > > > > (2) RECENT VICTORIES/ GOOD NEWS: > > > > Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) Bans Jet Skis! > > > > A huge thank-you goes out to everyone who sent letters in or made phone > > calls to Golden Gate. Thanks to an intense advocacy campaign by Bluewater > > and your activist support, the GGNRA has banned jet ski use. In addition, > > the 18 member Advisory Committee voted unanimously to ban jet skis > > PERMANENTLY in the area. Read the press release by checking out our > > "Action Alerts" section on our website at: http://www.earthisland.org/bw. > > > > ************ > > > > Bluewater Network works to protect marine mammals: proposes a ban on TBT > > to > > International Maritime Organization (IMO). > > > > Tributyl tin compounds (TBT), containing the metal "tin", are among the > > most toxic substances to marine life. TBT compounds are responsible for > > the > > deaths of thousands of dolphins and other mammals in the Gulf of Mexico > > and > > other areas around the world. These compounds are an active ingredient in > > anti-fouling paints on large vessels such as supertankers and > > containerships. > > > > Bluewater Network, along with Ocean Advocates and the World Wildlife Fund > > recently presented research on the toxic effects of TBT to the > > International Maritime Organization and are now calling for a complete > > international ban on the use of these toxins. > > > > Read more about our campaigns to reduce emissions from offshore vessels, > > protect Right Whales, prevent tanker spills, and safeguard marine mammals > > from TBT bottom paints on large vessels by checking out the "Offshore > > Vessels" section on our website at: http://www.earthisland.org/bw. > > > > > > ************ > > (3) HELP BLUEWATER! > > > > > > LET YOUR OLD CAR LEAD US TO A GREENER FUTURE. (AND RECEIVE AN IRS TAX > > DEDUCTION) > > > > Are you looking to sell a car or truck in the Greater Bay Area? > > > > If you donate your vehicle to us, you can help fund critical campaigns to > > protect National Parks, drinking water, and our marine environment from > > oil spills and toxic water pollution as well as receive an IRS tax > > deduction for the vehicle's blue book value. > > > > To donate your vehicle, either send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > or > > call Brooke Coleman at: 415-788-3666 ext. 130. > > > > ************ > > > > (4) MORE WAYS TO HELP BLUEWATER! > > > > > > Send in your snowmobile stories. > > > > We are looking for anecdotes about snowmobiles. If you have any newspaper > > clippings about snowmobiles, or stories about a snowmobile harassing > > wildlife, destroying vegetation, or ruining the experience for other > > recreationalists, please send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ************ > > > > Are jet skis hurting your business? > > > > If jet skis are hurting your business, or if you have newspaper clippings > > about jet skis hurting a business or local economy (real estate values, > > tourism, rafting or fishing companies, etc), please let us know. Send an > > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > *************************************************** > > If you do not want to be on this list, or if you are receiving duplicates, > > please send an email with your name and email address to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Members of our email list WILL NOT have their > > names put on any other organization's mailing list. > > ************************************************* > > > > > > SAMPLE LETTERS: > > > > > > Please add your own comments/personal experiences to the letters. Thanks > > again! > > > > > > Grand Teton National Park: > > > > Superintendent Jack Neckels > > P.O. Drawer 170 > > Jackson, WY 83012 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Dear Superintendent Neckels: > > > > I am writing in support of a total prohibition on the use of personal > > watercraft, better known as jet skis, throughout the entire Grand Teton > > National Park (GTNP). In particular, their use should not be permitted on > > Jackson Lake. Jet skis are high impact thrill craft which if their use > > becomes well established in GTNP would pollute the park's air and water, > > create law enforcement problems, threaten public safety, endanger > > wildlife, > > destroy natural quiet, and set a dangerous precedent for other National > > Parks. > > > > Several parks across the country have attempted to control jet ski > > problems > > with different management techniques. The Grand Canyon, for example, > > believed that adequate regulations and resources to control jet ski > > activity were in place. However, after several magazines began promoting > > jet ski adventures in the Canyon, their numbers soared as did the problems > > associated with their use. The Grand Canyon's example shows how quickly > > problems develop, which can overwhelm the NPS' ability to control them. > > In > > response to the rise in PWC problem, the Grand Canyon, joined parks such > > as > > Olympic, Glacier, Everglades, Canyonlands, and Yellowstone, and banned jet > > ski use park-wide. > > > > As you are well aware, the NPS Organic Act gives the National Park Service > > the authority to regulate use within GTNP. The NPS is not obligated to > > accommodate every new recreational activity, and in the past has limited > > or > > restricted activities that are not resource based, or impact park > > resources > > and values. The NPS is legally mandated to leave park resources > > "unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." > > > > I urge the NPS to leave the resources of Grand Teton "unimpaired" by > > prohibiting jet skis. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > ************************************************* > > Whiskeytown National Recreation Area: > > > > Superintendent David Pugh > > Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area > > P.O. Box 188 > > Whiskeytown, CA 96095 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Dear Superintendent Pugh: > > > > I am writing in support of alternative "C" in the National Park Service's > > (NPS) Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement. > > In > > particular, I support this alternative's call for a total prohibition on > > the use of personal watercraft, better known by the name jet ski, on the > > waters of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (NRA). > > > > Jet skis are high impact thrill craft which pollute the air and water, > > create law enforcement problems, threaten public safety, endanger park > > wildlife, and destroy natural quiet. Jet skIing is a recreational > > activity in and of itself and often disturbs other forms of recreation. > > > > As you are well aware, the NPS Organic Act gives the National Park Service > > the authority to regulate use within Whiskeytown NRA. The NPS is not > > obligated to accommodate every new recreational activity and in the past > > has limited or restricted activities that are not either resource based, > > or > > that impact park resources and values, rather the NPS is legally mandated > > to leave park resources "unimpaired for the enjoyment of future > > generations." > > > > I urge the NPS to leave the resource of Whiskeytown "unimpaired" by > > implementing alternative "C". > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > *************************************************** > > > > > > Sheila Gallagher > > Project Coordinator > > Bluewater Network > > Earth Island Institute > > 300 Broadway, Suite 28 > > San Francisco, CA 94133 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE AT: http://www.earthisland.org/bw > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > * > > Please join Bluewater Network -- a coalition of concerned boaters, > > scientists, and environmentalists dedicated to reducing pollution and > > ecological damage from marine vessels and craft. 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