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Please
Contact
Governor Gregoire
The Stehekin Heritage organization is working with
Stehekin Valley residents and citizens throughout the state and
nation to encourage elected officials to support reopening an essential
recreation corridor in the North Cascades Mountains of Washington
State - the Upper Stehekin Valley Road.
As part of this effort, we are encouraging you to
write Governor Christine Gregoire and staff member, John Mankowski
(see addresses below) encouraging them to to meet with a delegation
of Stehekin residents for consultation concerning the upper valley
road. There is no doubt, the Governor's support is highly regarded
as we work to reopen this historic recreational corridor into the
heart of the North Cascade Mountains.
If you are aware of the importance of opening the
Upper Stehekin Valley Road, please write the Governor with a request
to meet with valley residents to discuss this critical issue. Access
to the North Cascades impacts not only Washington State residents
but citizens across the United States. Please ask the Governor and
John Mankowski to reply to questions you present.
During the next two weeks, the Stehekin Choice Online
Newspaper will publish letters from those who have already written
the Governor. Hopefully, these letters will inspire you to write
your own. If you are willing to have your letter published, please
send a copy to: rkscutt@gmail.com
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Thank you for your thoughtful support.
Ron Scutt Editor Stehekin Choice
Governor Chris Gregoire
Office of the Governor
PO Box 40002
Olympia WA 98504
John Mankowski: john.mankowski@gov.wa.gov
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Governor Chris
Gregoire
Office of The Governor
P.O. Box 40002
Olympia, WA 98504
Dear Governor Gregoire,
Last
month I wrote urging you to express your support of Assembly Bill
3408 by Assemblyman Doc Hastings. This bill would support rebuilding
approximately 12 miles of the Upper Stehekin Valley Road, a stretch
of
one-lane dirt road which has provided a vital access to areas of
the
North Cascades since 1945 and which was closed by extensive flood
damage.
I
now urge you to meet with representatives of the Stehekin Heritage
organization as recently requested by their president, Mr. Ron Scutt
to present information and discuss this matter. It is important
to the community of Stehekin, Washington, to hikers from all over
the world and for fire protection and rescue operations.
Since
1968, my family, friends and I have traveled from California almost
yearly, and often several time a year, to use this road for access
from Stehekin to the beautiful, glaciated, alpine regions of the
North Cascades National Park. I consider this region to be one of
the gems of the National Park system. I have been an ardent supporter
of more than a dozen environmental and conservation organizations
for the past 57 years. some of them Washington State - based, and
I know that some of these fine organizations will oppose reopening
this stretch of road, but my careful and intimate observations are
that the road has demonstrated itself to have been harmless to the
environment and wildlife during its long existence. Furthermore,
due to geographical and land availability, it cannot create further
residential or commercial development, or other such dangers, to
the areas within or contiguous to the National Park or Stephen Mather
Wilderness Area.
Thank
you.
Respectfully,
Tom
Nawalinski
94 Junco Drive
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-9727
Telephone: ( 831) 423-9356
e-mail:tnawa@cruzio.com
cc
by e-mail to: Governor's Aid John Mankowski, Ron Scutt
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