[pct-l] America's Great Outdoors Initiative

[dsaufley]

PCT friends, if you haven't already done this, please take the time to do
so.

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President Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative is in the final
comment period. Please see below for background on the Initiative. To
register, go to http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/
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registered, you have the opportunity to vote to either promote or demote
various ideas for inclusion in a report to the President. 

 

1.      Please follow this link to promote the idea to Complete the National
Trails System:
http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/0/5660B258BA71BDD68625772A0068BAB0?OpenD
ocument 

 

2.      Please follow this link to demote the idea to Support Bicycle
Friendly Policies on Federal Lands (including a request to open the PCT to
bicycles):
http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/0/95AEE35223EF23548625779E00719C6B 

 

Background: During a White House Conference on April 16th before 600
conservation and environmental leaders from throughout the country,
President Obama signed a Memorandum establishing the America's Great
Outdoors Initiative to promote and support innovative community-level
efforts to conserve outdoor spaces and to reconnect Americans to the
outdoors. The Initiative will support a 21st century conservation agenda
that builds on successes in communities across the country.
 
The number of votes cast for proposals and the number of comments that
support or elaborate them will be used to help determine which ideas are
incorporated in the report to President Obama, essentially setting the land
and water protection agenda for this administration.  Your vote and your
comments about our national scenic and historic trails, about your
community's and organization's efforts to protect them, and your ideas on
how local, State, and Federal government can support local land and water
conservation efforts will inform collaborative Federal agency reports and
frameworks for a 21st century conservation agenda.

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L-Rod (the Animal Magnet)

 

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The first step.  The last step.  The most important step:  protect the PCT.
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