Hello everyone,

We need to get e-mails and letters to all State Senators ASAP encouraging them to support the original vision behind Senate Bill 30. Simply address your letter to your Senator, mention you are a constituent, and also cc the rest of the senators, stating:

• That you want a complete ban on destination resorts in and within three miles of the Metolius Basin as provided by the original SB 30 bill;
• that you are are passionate about the Metolius and why;
• that the senate needs to act NOW to protect the Metolius.

As you may already know, the SB 30 was watered down so much in committee as to offer no substantive protection for the Metolius against resort development. But there is still time to get a good bill out of the Legislature - the amendments that weakened SB 30 can be removed!

Here is a list of e-mail addresses for all 30 State Senators. Simply copy and paste this into your "cc" box after addressing the e-mail to your own Senator:

sen.jasonatkinson@state.or.us, sen.bradavakian@state.or.us, sen.alanbates@state.or.us, sen.rogerbeyer@state.or.us, sen.katebrown@state.or.us, sen.ginnyburdick@state.or.us, sen.margaretcarter@state.or.us, sen.petercourtney@state.or.us, sen.ryandeckert@state.or.us, sen.richarddevlin@state.or.us, sen.tedferrioli@state.or.us, sen.garygeorge@state.or.us, sen.larrygeorge@state.or.us, sen.avelgordly@state.or.us, sen.betsyjohnson@state.or.us, sen.jeffkruse@state.or.us, sen.rickmetsger@state.or.us, sen.lauriemonnesanderson@state.or.us, sen.rodmonroe@state.or.us, sen.billmorrisette@state.or.us, sen.frankmorse@state.or.us, sen.davidnelson@state.or.us, sen.floydprozanski@state.or.us, sen.kurtschrader@state.or.us, sen.brucestarr@state.or.us, sen.joanneverger@state.or.us, sen.vickiwalker@state.or.us, sen.benwestlund@state.or.us, sen.dougwhitsett@state.or.us, sen.jackiewinters@state.or.us

And don't forget to "cc" us as well at info@centraloregonlandwatch.org so that we can post your letter on our blog at noresorts.blogspot.com. (So far we have posted 125 letters of support!)

It's also time to make sure that Governor Kulongoski knows how serious we are. You can send an e-mail to his office directly by going to www.governor.oregon.gov, selecting "contact us" and using the e-mail option. Please also contact Mike Carrier, the Natural Resources Policy Director, at jo.L.bell@state.or.us.

Please also forward this e-mail along to your friends, family-members, and others who share your concern, and if you are a member of an environmental, land use, fishing, hunting, or otherwise outdoor-oriented group whose members you believe would like to see the Metolius and places like it protected from large-scale development, we urge you to contact them as well and ask for their support.

As always, your support and energy have been tremendous. I know this has taken a lot of time out of your lives, but if we are going to get meaningful protection for the Metolius through legislation, our support must be ongoing.

We'll be sending out additional information soon, and if you have any questions feel free to contact us. But for now, let's get to finishing what we've started.

Yours,
Erik