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Protect the
Flows project:
I
normally don't send out solicitations like this, and especially ones
supported by the Walton Foundation, but this came from a friend and in
checking with TU, I find they are supporting.
I plan to submit a letter and I encourage
you to do the same.
Bob
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Businesses can sign the letter online at www.protectflows.com You can also send me
an email to sign up.
I
have until June 10th to get businesses to sign on to the letter
protecting the Green and Colorado rivers so the timeline is really
short.
If
you are amenable to signing feel free to do so online and send this
email/letter to other businesses you feel would be interested in
protecting the Green and Colorado rivers.
Thanks Bob,
Jayceen
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To add your name to this letter, please
contact:
Jayceen Craven Walker, Outreach
Coordinator
jayceen@protectflows.com (801)
597-5018
www.protectflows.com
To:
Secretary Ken Salazar, Commissioner Michael Connor, Governor Gary
Herbert, Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Mike Lee, Representative James
Matheson, Representative Rob Bishop, Representative Jason Chaffetz
Cc: Other Colorado
River Basin Governors and Members of Congress in CO, AZ, NM, NV, WY, CA
The
Colorado River fuels our economy in the seven Basin states of Arizona,
California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
Thirty million people, from Denver
to Los Angeles, drink its water. It enriches
3 million acres of farmland. And
the economic value of the River goes far beyond the consumption of its
water. It supports a way of life that keeps people
coming out West. Millions
of tourists flock to the banks of the River and its tributaries each
year for boating, fishing, birding, hunting and hiking, which adds up
to a multi-billion dollar recreation economy.
***As
business owners and leaders in the Colorado River Basin, we urge you to
keep water flowing in the River so the revenue it supports keeps
flowing into our local economies.***
According to the Bureau of Reclamation,
demand for the River's water now exceeds its supply. We
are,
therefore, dipping into our water storage reserves throughout the
Basin to keep up with demand, leaving our reservoirs half empty. While
some of the Basin has seen plenty of snow and runoff in 2011, these
supply and demand trends are projected to keep heading in a troubling
direction overall. As business people, we know how
to keep an eye on the bottom line - this balance sheet is unsustainable.
Until 1998, the River stretched all the
way from its source in the Colorado Rockies to Mexico's Sea of Cortez.
Now, it dries up in the Sonoran
Desert miles before it reaches the sea. If
something doesn't change, this trend will continue to move upstream to
our communities and businesses. We
must apply innovation and collaboration to a challenge that will only
become more acute as population growth increases demand and a changing
climate limits the supply of water in the River and its tributaries.
We
now have an opportunity to begin to deal responsibly with the challenge
before us. The Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination with
representatives from the seven Basin states, is conducting a study on
the future of the River and will be proposing solutions to address
increasing strain upon the River's water supply. We
ask
that the study's participants take a sober accounting of the River's
fate and propose a path forward that does not simply continue to
facilitate the consumption of the River's water, but also the health
and sustainability of the River itself. Our
economic
future is tied to a Colorado River that flows strong and beckons people
to our communities. Let's seize this opportunity to keep this lifeline
in the West flowing for generations to come.
Yes, please
add my name to this letter to protect the Colorado River
Name________________________________________________________________________
Company_____________________________________________________________________
Title (Owner, Manager,
etc)_____________________________________________________
Address______________________________________________________________________
City_______________________________
State_____________
Zip
code______________
Email
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