Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:45:53 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tyler Bell Subject: Fw: Dam Project Affects Wildlife in Lower Rio Grande Vallley Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks: Although not technically in Maryland ;) I thought this issue may=20 be of interest to those that bird in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Tyler Bell mailto:bell@acnatsci.org California, MD http://list.audubon.org/archives/md-smas-general.html http://list.audubon.org/archives/nd-birds.html ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 2:05 PM Subject: Honor Brower: Defeat Brownsville Weir > Dear TexGenerals: > I hope people all over the country would express themselves on this = issue. > If you have ever birded in Texas and visited our beautiful international Rio > Grande Valley > from Big Bend to Brownsville you know how unique the region is. Texas's > migratory bird count is higher than Florida's is. The Texas Parks and > Wildlife Department funded the World Birding Center which is near the = area to > be dammed if the Brownsville Weir is approved. The issue should be important > to birders throughout this hemisphere. This issue is separate from the > endangered cats who also use the lower Rio Grande corridor. Pasted = below is > the latest Sierra Club > comment letter. Eco-tourism was just granted $8 billion by the fed for > restoration of the Everglades in Florida. Texas is the other leading > wildlife and birding tourist destination. Lets us restore the lower Rio > Grande River area also. Then both of the hemispheres' migratory bird *land > bridges* will remain preserved: The LRGV and the Everglades. I think = the > late David Brower will smile on us if we take this stand for the planet. > Chow, > Don Trepagnier > RiosVerdes News > Bastrop County, Tx > ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ > Subj: Re: Brownsville Wier comments extended