Subject: Re: Dungeness NWR ["Black Oystercatchers need you!"] (fwd)
Date: Jun 26 11:26:41 1996
From: David Wright - dwright at u.washington.edu


On Sat, 22 Jun 1996, Patricia Tucker Stroh wrote:
> David,
> Thanks for your alert about Dungeness. Do you have a little more
> information?:
> "Some local elected officials and proponents of unrestricted human
> use of the refuge don't agree. They are placing enormous pressure on the
> refuge staff to adopt a weaker plan--one that would emphasize the
> recreational wishes of people over the habitat needs of wildlife."
> Do you know the details of the "weaker plan"? I usually like to
> speak specifically to the proposed alternative when I write to officials.

Trileigh,

You should ask Tim Cullinan <tcullinan at audubon.org> about this; I
merely forwarded his message from the Audubon list. (In my letter
I simply expressed my opinion that jet skis, etc. should be excluded
from National Wildlife Refuges, period.)

David Wright
Seattle, WA
dwright at u.washington.edu

PS sorry for the belated reply, but I've been out of town.