REMINDER: Crucial Valle Vidal Public Hearings

From the Coalition for the Valle Vidal:
Keep Up the Momentum – Turn Out for the Valle Vidal!

The Carson National Forest is Holding Public Hearings on the Valle Vidal’s Future:

Raton - Tuesday, August 23rd,at 2 PM and 7 PM
Raton Convention Center, 9021  S.3rd St., Raton, NM

Taos – Thursday, August 25th,at 2 PM and 7 PM
Taos Convention Center, 120 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos, NM

Santa Fe - Tuesday, August 30th at 2 PM and 7 PM
Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave., Santa Fe, NM 

Sign-in will begin one hour prior to each meeting

These hearings are the first opportunity for the PUBLIC TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY during this official “scoping” on the future of the Valle Vidal.  A showing of strong support for protecting the Valle Vidal is critical.

The Forest Service will provide the latest information on the Forest Plan amendment process for the Valle Vidal.  The Forest Service will also solicit verbal or written comments on the amendment process from area residents.   

Please join the Coalition for the Valle Vidal at these hearings and submit oral or written comments on:
    1.  How you value the Valle Vidal, 
    2.  Why the Valle Vidal is important to you, 
    3.  How would you like to see the Valle managed.         

IT IS VITAL that we tell the Forest Service that we want to see the entire Valle Vidal closed to leasing and development of oil and gas resources NOW, in this Forest Plan Amendment stage, and NOT in another, future Forest Service planning process.  The Valle Vidal is too precious to remained threatened by Big Oil’s wells, roads, pipelines, compressor stations, toxic chemicals and traffic!!

See  https://www.vallevidal.org/urgent.html for more information on effective talking points.

Written comments concerning the proposed amendment should be submitted at the hearing or sent to:
Carson National Forest
Attn: Valle Vidal Forest Plan Amendment
208 Cruz Alta Road
Taos, NM 87571

Or by email: comments-southwestern-carson@fs.fed.us "Valle Vidal Amendment" must be in the subject line of the email.

Comments are due by September 14, 2005.

For more information on preparing comments visit https://www.vallevidal.org/urgent.html