GRN Day of Action
Date: Thursday, December 04, 2008
Time: 09:00 AM
Venue: Your local Home Depot
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Dear GRN Supporter,
I love Thanksgiving. This season, I’m especially thankful for cypress forests in Louisiana. I’m thankful that Louisiana black bears still have places to live. I’m thankful that the trees continue to bolster my beloved city’s hurricane defenses and flood protection. I’m thankful for clean water and adventures in a canoe. I’m thankful for GRN member groups, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper and Southwings, who constantly conduct monitoring flights in Louisiana.
Most of all, I’m thankful for you, for every single phone call, email, letter, and action that you have taken to enable me to pass along on this field report :
“In response to announcements made by Wal-Mart, Lowe’s, and Home Depot and to the fact that we are stopping illegal logging, our monitoring flights have shown cypress logging activities gradually come to a halt in coastal Louisiana.” - Dean Wilson, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper.
Woohoo! Our combined efforts have already saved countless trees. Protecting cypress forests in Louisiana is a great first step, but there is still a hike in front of us. As we celebrate the intact forests of Louisiana, cypress logging continues to occur in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and undoubtedly other places we don’t know about. And a long-term commitment to Louisiana’s forests is still lacking.
On December 4th, once thanks have been given and the food has been digested, help tell Home Depot, Lowe’s and Wal-Mart to stop selling unsustainable cypress mulch no matter where it is logged.
http://action.healthygulf.org/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1750
Join in the Day of Action by delivering a letter to the manager of your local Home Depot, distributing flyers outside of one of the stores, or even organizing a full-scale demonstration. Sign up below to receive more information and materials.
http://action.healthygulf.org/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1750
Happy Thanksgiving,
Dan Favre
Campaign Organizer
p.s. All the members of the Save Our Cypress Coalition have been instrumental in protecting Louisiana’s cypress, and we’d like to extend special recognition to Dean Wilson for his tireless efforts and dedication to these incredible trees. Please visit www.basinkeeper.org to learn more and make a contribution to the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper.
The Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) is a diverse network of local, regional and national groups dedicated to protecting and restoring the valuable natural resources of the Gulf of Mexico. The GRN has member groups in the five Gulf states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
Visit: http://action.healthygulf.org/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1750 for more details.
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