Steve,
I heartily agree with the SWR FOIA actions taken. I have personally written to
Jesse Juen and Donna Hummel at BLM expressing my concerns with their actions
toward cavers and specifically the closures and impact on recreational cavers.
I encourage every caver out there to send e-mail
More to discuss at the next PBSS meeting.
Original Message
Subject:[SWR] Background on the FOIA request to BLM
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 13:51:50 -0600
From: Steve Peerman gypca...@comcast.net
To: Mailing List for SWR s...@caver.net
All,
On Tuesday, May 20,
Just remember what your mama told you, You can get more flies with honey than
vinegar. Be nice. BLM employees are people, too. You probably have no idea the
problems they have to cope with. Irate cavers, like irate ranchers, not being
the least of these.
From: ken_harring...@hotmail.com
To:
Again Harvey, well said. Cavers, please try to put yourselves in the boots the
GOOD folks have to wear. There is a lot more going on here than Bat Fungus. You
should certainly disagree and point out the scientific errors, but outright
hostility will hurt your cause, and not help the caves. Try
This should be an opportunity to clean the slate of recent cave =
management practices by the BLM in New Mexico. When the evidence is =
there for us to examine, can we proceed with a plan, incorporating the =
scientific evidence now available, that appropriately protects our bats, =
but also
THANK YOU, ARRON.
For over 30 years I've stood to encourage the next generation of cavers to take
interest and pride in the resources and wonders of the diverse caving
opportunities in NM. Your take on the cave closures, and the damage it does to
the resource (volunteerism and many other
Glad OKlahoma is OK now.
Finally, after nearly five days the responses to the FOIA have been shaken out
of the trees, or come out of the woodwork. The more the merrier. Keeps me off
the streets day and night.
Harv's comments are of course accurate, but it should not deter us from our
goal
I still have 40 emails to wade through. Plus the Colorado EA comments due
today.
Jennifer Foote
NSS WNS Liaison
www.caves.org/wns
wnsliai...@caves.org
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From: jen . bigredfo...@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:16 PM
Subject: RE: [SWR] Background
