jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) (06/26/91)
=v= The attached concerns an upcoming parks and wildlife
initiative in the State of California. The text is geared
towards a Bay Area audience, but the campaign is statewide.
The Bay Area contacts listed can get you in touch with the
campaign in other parts of the state.
=v= Feel free to redistribute this, on-line and off-line.
Get the word out!
<_Jym_>
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Parks and Wildlife Initiative Gears Up
[From the June 1991 issue of _The_Gull_,
a publication of the Golden Gate Audubon Society.]
You can make a major difference in preserving wetlands,
native forests, wildlife areas and open space in the Bay Area
and throughout California. Help by gathering signatures for
one of the most important ballot measures in California history.
The California Wildlife, Coastal, Parkland and Forest
Conservation Bond Act (CalPAW) will only appear on the June
1992 ballot if you help to collect the needed signatures.
CalPAW '92 follows up on the very successful Proposition 70,
which conservationists placed on the June 1988 ballot.
CalPAW '92 would ensure that parks, open space and wildlife
habitat, as well as our ancient redwood and other native
forests are protected for future generations.
CalPAW '92 allocates nearly two billion dollars to more
than 140 specific forest, wildlife and park projects throughout
California. Three hundred and ten million dollars is earmarked
for wetlands acquisition and restoration throughout the State.
CalPAW '92 includes many projects which would benefit the Bay
Area. Five million dollars is allotted towards an East Shore
State Park between the Richmond and Bay bridges. Four million
is provided for the acquisition of natural lands on Mt.
Tamalpais in Marin County.
CalPAW '92 will protect endangered lands literally from the
Oregon border in Del Norte County to the Tijuana River on the
Mexican border. In addition, there is funding for specific
programs to acquire old growth redwoods, restore fisheries and
protect unique riparian and coastal habitats.
Signature gathering will begin in early June and continue
through the summer. You can volunteer for this historic effort
by calling or writing CalPAW '92.
In the East Bay:
Anton Haramis
2980 Adeline St.
Berkeley, CA 94703
415/839-7882
In San Francisco:
Tim Schott
1465 Page St. #2
San Francisco, CA 94117
415/252-7894