Re: Need a Few good men!! Protest Ride on Harrisburg PA!!

["Laura Hayes" <mark@madbbs.com>]

Deb - count me in.  I can probly rustle up a couple more bodies.

Laura Hayes

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Subject: RC: Need a Few good men!! Protest Ride on Harrisburg PA!!


> debbie zanot darkcat5@yahoo.com
> The date is set for August 17 for the protest rally down
> Commonwealth Ave. to Governor Ridge's office to protest
> the Pennsylvania Game Commissions game land proposal to
> exclude horsemen and mountain bikers from public game lands.
> 
> Although the PGC has changed its retoric somewhat we need
> more time and public awareness of what is happening with
> the Game Commission. The Governor and legislatures of this
> State need to know that we are not going to go away nor be lulled
> into a state of apathy by a few ambigious changes of wording.
> We need time to form a strong coalition to work with and have
> actual dialog with the PGC rather than "public meetings" with a drop your
> comments in a box forum such as they have planned for
> "sometime" starting in August.
> We need to confront the accusations of habitat destruction,
> disturbance of wildlife, and make them prove it by scientific
> studies. We need the PGC to consent to  letting local land
> managers  work with local land users rather that their "one
> shoe fits all" approach.
> Basically a media coverage story would draw the attention of
> legislatures and the Governor and the PGC not to mention the
> many Pennsylvanians who are unaware of what is happening here.
> It would buy us hopefully the time needed to try to work with
> these people and to show them that we are responsible stewards of
> the land and most importantly that we are NOT going to go away
> or give up.
> We plan on having 100 horsemen, that is 33 horse trailers to park at the
> Farm show complex. Anyone with a 3  or 4 horse trailer and absolute
> commitment to attend can email me and be
> put on the list. If you are a hunter we ask that you dress in
> your hunting apparrel. We need One walking person for 4 horses
> to go behind and scoop poop. You know how these city people feel about
> poop...eeeeuuuuu.. it stinks :-)We ask that you select a
> horse that is calm (like our endurance horses) and that probably
> some anti skid on the shoes would be a good idea.
> We have to be there around 6:00-7:00 pm Thursday to get parked
> and will have a organized meeting in the evening for the next
> day, so bring your sleeping bags.
> You can call me and leave a message 814-328-2702 or email:
> darkcat5@yahoo.com
> Debbie Zanot (NE)
> PS We will find out tommarrow if there will be another Elk Valley
> Ride when we meet with the Forestry and PGC managers...
> 
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