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> From: seileo...@gmail.com > Date: April 13, 2012 9:16:01 AM MDT > To: saltydigg...@yahoogroups.com, saltyrockeat...@yahoogroups.com, > northeastcaveconserva...@yahoogroups.com, cavedigg...@yahoogroups.com > Bcc: speleob...@comcast.net > Subject: Petition to keep public caves open to the public > > Hey, all, > > As you may know, the CBD is petitioning the White House to close all > public caves and fine private landowners who keep their caves open. > This is a serious threat to the caves, which are often vandalized when > responsible visitation is removed, and does nothing to protect the > bats since WNS is spread bat-to-bat. Human contributions to spread can > be effectively controlled with decon, assuming a human vector ever > existed. Closing publicly owned caves to the public is a threat to > conservation, a limitation of freedom, and is based on bad science, > and I am tired of not standing up to say that. If you support this > cause, please sign this counter petition to keep the caves open. > > https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/support-conservation-recreation-science-and-personal-freedom-mandating-public-access-caves-public/YX8Bjp3F > > Sincerely, > John Dunham Kathy Peerman speleob...@comcast.net
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