The Maine Legislature has had a "brainfreeze moment" by voting NO on evaluating the feasibility of creating a new Maine Woods National Park............This, in the face of Months of ever-productive dialogue between Roxanne Quimby(looking to donate her land for a Park), Hunters, Guides, snowmobilers and other traditional land users ...............Jym St. Pierre and Michael Kellett who head up RESTORE THE NORTH WOODS urging all of us to pick up the phone and requesting State Senators and Congressmen to reconsider and vote YES for a Park Feasibility Study

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From: Jym St. Pierre <jym@restore.org>
Sent: Thu Jun 16 12:21:34 2011
Subject: ALERT: Stop anti-park bill in the Maine Legislature

ALERT: STOP ANTI-PARK BILL IN THE MAINE LEGISLATURE

On June 15, Maine Senate President Kevin Raye introduced a resolution, SP 519, which opposes even a feasibility study to evaluate the benefits and costs of creating a national park in the Maine Woods. The Senate voted the same day 31 to 3 to pass this resolution. There was no meaningful notice, no public hearing, no opportunity to present any information in response to this sneak attack. The Maine House went along without a roll call vote.

The resolution is expected to come up for another vote in each house very soon. If you live in Maine, you can call and leave a message for your elected representatives urging them to oppose this undemocratic action at:

Maine Senate 800-423-6900

Maine House 800-423-2900

Find your State Senator at: http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/Senator-Information.html

Find your State Rep. at: http://www.maine.gov/legis/house/townlist.htm

Thanks,

Jym St. Pierre

Maine Director

RESTORE: The North Woods

9 Union Street

Hallowell, ME  04347

207-626-5635 office

jym@restore.org

Support the proposed Maine Woods National Park & Preserve, America's next great national park.

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From: Meril, Rick
To: 'jym@restore.org' <jym@restore.org>
Sent: Thu Jun 16 16:38:08 2011
Subject: Re: ALERT: Stop anti-park bill in the Maine Legislature

Jym

We keep fighting and informing......same mentality in the northern rockies at play in maine......for that matter across the usa for so many rewilding issues......I feel a throwback to pre 1970 on all environmental concerns.......where is obama and "change u can believe in"?

From: Jym St. Pierre <jym@restore.org>

To: Meril, Rick
Sent: Thu Jun 16 16:17:26 2011
Subject: Re: ALERT: Stop anti-park bill in the Maine Legislature

Apparently the tea partiers saw Roxanne Quimby gaining ground and RESTORE's Maine Woods National Park campaign gaining momentum, so they wanted to do something to try to throw a monkey wrench into the works. This sort of horrible politics, worse policy and reprehensible process is an example of why so many people have become so cynical about government.

On Jun 16, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Meril, Rick wrote:

This vote is so going against the grain of what had lately seemed a growing open mindedness to Roxanne Quimby's offer of donating her land for a new State Park.

Whay this seeming "yesteryear" backward turnaround?