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Roving Joshua Tree Goes Virtual
- Benefitting
- California Wilderness Coalition
- Website
- http://www.calwild.org
- End Date
- 2010-01-03
What You Need To Do
The Roving Joshua Tree Returns! And this time it’s in YOUR Living Room (or office, or Facebook page)
In the wake of a successful Roving Joshua Tree photo postcard collecting campaign, we’re bringing back the Rovin’ Jtree VIRTUALLY. If you’ll recall, last spring, the CWC’s field staff and volunteers took a 7’ tall Joshua Tree photo to a plethora of events in Southern California to talk with local folks about the importance of conserving our beautiful desert lands and to urge people to get their photo taken with the tree to support desert conservation. From April through September the Joshua Tree went a-roving and hundreds of Southern Californians participated in this unique project. The result? Stacks of photos of people with Joshua Trees were delivered to key decision makers in Congress during the CWC’s lobby trip this fall.
Well, the postcards were a hit! Even some members of congress who have yet to support conserving our last wild places of our beautiful desert lands were impressed by the broad and diverse show of support for our California Desert. So let’s not stop yet!
With congress in the lame duck session, we have our final chance this year to pass the California Desert Protection Act of 2010! Download our Joshua Tree photo or print out your own favorite desert wilderness photo, write a quick message to Congress, and mail it to us for hand delivery to your member of congress.
Sample message:
Dear Member of Congress:
Please pass the California Desert Protection Act of 2010 in the lame duck session. This historic bill will preserve 1.6 million acres of wild, beautiful desert lands for future generations to enjoy. Places like the rugged Avawatz Mountains where desert bighorn wander and free-flowing rivers like Deep Creek and Holcomb Creek with their sparkling waters. This bill is a common sense solution to balancing conservation, recreation, renewable energy, and eco-tourism in the California Desert. This bill will bring economic and quality of life benefits to all Californians – it shouldn’t wait until next session! Please work to pass S. 2921 now.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME
YOUR ADDRESS
Help spread the word! Post to your facebook page, tweet it, send it to your email list, or invite your friends over to photo shop themselves into your desert photos. Together we can keep California wild!
Mail your homemade postcard to our Southern California office so we can efficiently deliver these postcards to local congressional offices:
California Wilderness Coalition
167 North Third Ave, Suite M
Upland, CA 91786