Newsgroups: talk.environment
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 00:54:26 -0400 
From: Joshua Alan Knauer <jk71+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Fwd: URGENT: MT. GRAHAM ACTION ALERT!!

For all of the people out there that do not understand the full
ramifications of the proposed observatory, here is the full posting,
taken from Student EnviroLink.   I think it is relatively clear that
there are some much larger issues involved than John McCarthy's twisted
version science.

Josh

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ACTION ALERT
LEGISLATION ON THE HORIZON TO PROTECT
MT GRAHAM - IF YOU ACT NOW
July 17, 1992   Washington,  DC--Friends of Mt. Graham and the San
Carlos Tribal Council have been active in Washington, DC asking
members of Congress to help halt the telescope project and to
protect our mountain.  The reasons for doing so are myriad.  As a
biological sky-island Mt. Graham is unparalleled.  As the
birthplace of San Carlos Apache heritage, culture and religion,
Dzil nchaa si an (Mt. Graham) is most important.  As a chance to
reverse important breeches in our environmental and cultural
protection laws, the fight to protect Mt. Graham is crucial.  What
was undone in the University of Arizona's attempt to erect a Tower
of Babel on Mt. Graham, must be corrected.  We have friends in the
102nd Congress in Washington.  Several Members have expressed
interest in legislation to protect Mt. Graham.  Currently, the
lead person in this growing movement in Congress is Mr. Jim Jontz,
from Indiana.  Mr. Jontz is willing to sponsor a bill to correct
the errors inherent in Title VI of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation
Act (the rider that mandated the first three telescopes on Mt.
Graham and exempts the projects from numerous laws).  However, he
will need the support of other members of the Interior Committee.
You can play a key role in the introduction and passing of this
legislation by calling or writing the nearest Congressperson on
the Interior committee listed below.  You could also make a
difference by calling or writing the people listed as potential
supporters and asking them to co-sponsor this legislation.  Note
that the Congresspeople marked with  an "*" are in need of extra
pressure.  Write them as well as your own people.  Also call or
write your own representative and ask them to co-sponsor and
support this bill when it is introduced.  At this time, we do not
have a bill number.  Keep in contact with us as introduction of
the bill is possible at any time.  Call the above telephone number
or contact the good folks at Save America's Forest:   (202)
544-9219.  Thank you for your support.
 
Interior Committee members and other  possible supporters.
 Area code:  (202).  Address:  US House of Representatives,
 Washington,  DC  20515
 
Democrats George Miller, 7th-CA  225-2095 * Philip Sharp, 2nd-IN
225-3021 Edward Markey, 7th-MA  225-2836 * Austin Murphy, 22nd-PA
225-4665 Nick Rahall, 4th-WV  225-3452 Bruce Vento, 4th-MN
225-6631 * Pat Williams, 1st-MT  225-3211 * Beverly Byron, 6th-MD
225-2721 Ron de Lugo, Delegate-V.I.  225-1790 * Sam Gejdenson,
2nd-CT  225-2076 Peter Kostmayer, 8th-PA  225-4276 * Richard
Lehman, 18th-CA  225-4540 Bill Richardson, 3rd-NM  225-6190 *
George Darden, 7th-GA  225-2931 Jaime Fuster, Res. Comm.-PR
225-2615 Mel Levine, 27th-CA  225-6451 Wayne Owens, 2nd-UT
225-3011 John Lewis, 5th-GA  225-3801 * Ben Campbell, 3rd-CO
225-4761 * Peter DeFazio, 4th-OR  225-6416 Eni Faleomavaega.
Del.-A.S.  225-8577 * Tim Johnson, SD  225-2801 * Charles Schumer,
10th-NY  225-6616 Jim Jontz, 5th-IN  225-5037 Peter Hoagland,
2nd-NE  225-4155 * Harry Johnston, 14th-FL  225-3001 Larry
LaRocco, 1st-ID  225-6611 Neil Abercrombie, 1st-HI  225-2726 *
Calvin Dooley, 17th-CA  225-3341 Republicans Don Young, AK
225-5765 Robert Lagomarsino, 19th-CA  225-3601 Ron Marlenee,
2nd-MT  225-1555 James Hansen, 1st-UT  225-0453 Barbara
Vucanovich, 2nd-NV  225-6155 Ben Blaz, Del.-GU  225-1188 John
Rhodes, 1st-AZ  225-2635 * Elton Gallegly, 21-CA  225-5811 Robert
F. Smith, 2nd-OR  225-6730 Craig Thomas, WY  225-2311 John Duncan,
2nd-TN  225-5435 Richard Schulze, 5th-PA  225-5761 Joel Hefley,
5th-CO  225-4422 Charles Taylor, 11th-NC  225-6401 John Doolittle,
14th-CA  225-2511 Wayne Allard, 4th-CO  225-4676 Richard Baker,
6th-LA  225-3901 Potential supporters, not on Interior Walter
Jones, 1st-NC  225-3101 * Gerry Studds, 10th-MA  225-3111 * Arthur
Ravenel, 1st-SC  225-3176 * Chet Atkins, 5th-MA  225-3411 * Patsy
Mink, 2nd-HI  225-4906 * Ron Dellums, 8th-CA  225-2661 * John
Conyers, 1st-MI  225-5126 * Mike Synar, 2nd-OK  225-2701 * Rick
Santorum, 18th-PA  225-2135 Ed Pastor, 2nd-AZ  225-4065 * James H.
Scheuer, 8th-NY  225-5471 *
 
______________________________________________ Document three
 
The Honorable _____________________ United States House of
Representatives Washington,  DC  20515
 
Dear Congressman __________________,
 
It has come to my attention that the University of Arizona in
Tucson Arizona is leading a consortium of International partners
in building a telescope complex on the top of Mt. Graham in
southern Arizona.  Mt. Graham is a very important from a
biological standpoint being the southernmost intact Spruce-Fir
forest and is home to at least eighteen endemic plant and animal
species, including the Mt. Graham Red Squirrel.  Mt. Graham (or
Dzil nchaa sm `n) is also the most sacred mountain of the San
Carlos Apache Tribe.
 
The University of Arizona managed to lobby through Congress a bill
in November of 1988 that the Courts interpret as exempting the
telescope project from both our nation's environmental laws and
cultural protection laws for Native Americans.  I am very
concerned about this dangerous precedent.
 
It has also come to my attention that there is a move afoot in
Washington to bring the Mt. Graham Observatory project back into
compliance with our nations' laws.  At the urging of Friends of
Mt. Graham and the San Carlos Apache Tribal Council, Mr. Jontz
(the congressman from Indiana and a member of the Interior
committee) is interested in sponsoring legislation.  If he is to
do so, he needs the support of other members of the committee.
 
As a citizen from your district, I urge you to support this
legislation and consider becoming an original co-sponsor.  If you
do so, you would have my full support.
 
Thank you for helping to protect another piece of our natural
heritage and the rights of native peoples.
 
Sincerely,
 
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Josh Knauer                          *      Box 3085 
Head Administrator for:              *      1000 Morewood Ave.
Student EnviroLink, SEACnet          *      Pittsburgh, PA   15213  USA
and GREEN-L                          *      Phone:  (412) 268-4150  
                                     *                 or 268-2139
Western Pennsylvania                 
Representative for:    
Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)

**All views expressed are mine alone and not those of any group(s) I may
represent**

Clearcut Bush/Quayle '92


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