Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
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Carol Kunze | Dec 16, 2014

To All Napa Land Conservation Advocates -

We have all fought long and hard to protect the land in Napa.

You have an opportunity this Friday to help permanently protect all the federal lands in the Berryessa Snow Mountain area (http://berryessasnowmountain.org), including over 40,000 acres of public land in eastern Napa County.

A number of national and regional conservation organizations, including the Sierra Club, have been working with local activists on a campaign to permanently protect the federal lands in the Berryessa Snow Mountain area by having it designated as a National Monument - which would ensure the land remains public open space forever.

Two months ago, President Obama designated the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California as a National Monument. Nine months ago, the President designated the Point-Arena-Stornetta Pubic Lands in Mendocino County as a National Monument.

This Friday, officials from the Obama Administration are coming to Napa for a public meeting on whether the Berryessa Snow Mountain area - that includes over 300,000 acres of federal land in Napa, Solano, Yolo, Lake and Mendocino counties - should be designated as a National Monument.

The meeting will be hosted by Congressman Mike Thompson, with guests including Congressman John Garamendi, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Bonnie, and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell.

Proponents of National Monument designation for this area believe the land should remain public open space for the benefit of current and future generations, providing both wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities.

This meeting is the one opportunity to show the Executive branch of the national government that we want our federal open space lands to be permanently protected.

We need people to come to show their support. Can you join us?

Berryessa Snow Mountain Public Meeting
Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center
Friday, Dec. 19th 2014
2:00-4:00pm
2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy, Building 100
Napa, CA 94559


For more information about the Berryessa Snow Mountain or the Meeting this Friday, contact Carol Kunze (ckunze@ix.netcom.com).

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