Sample Letters

LETTER to Colorado congressional members:

Dear Senator (Udall, Bennet),

Please protect Colorado’s snow pack and Utah’s red rock wild lands by helping to pass America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act.  In the meantime, please ask Interior Secretary Salazar to limit surface-disturbing activities on Utah BLM lands proposed for wilderness, especially off-road vehicle activity and oil and gas development.

A growing body of scientific research indicates that dust from the red rock deserts of the Colorado Plateau – disturbed by human activities – is contributing to early snowmelt in Colorado, threatening economic and ecological harm.

Protecting BLM wild lands in Utah as wilderness would be a good first step toward diminishing the amount of red dust falling on Colorado snow, and also preserve a precious part of our national wilderness heritage.
 

LETTER to Department of Interior:

Dear Assistant Secretary Castle,

Please protect Colorado’s snow pack and Utah’s red rock wild lands – and help mitigate the effects of climate change -- by using the authority of the Department of Interior to limit surface-disturbing activities on Utah BLM lands proposed for wilderness, especially off-road vehicle activity and oil and gas development.

A growing body of scientific research indicates that dust from the red rock deserts of the Colorado Plateau – disturbed by human activities including off road vehicle use – is contributing to early snowmelt in Colorado, threatening economic and ecological harm.

Protecting BLM wild lands in Utah as wilderness could not only diminish the amount of red dust falling on Colorado snow, but also preserve a precious part of our national wilderness heritage.